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From: Colin on 12 Jul 2006 16:14 What's everyone's opinion of the site www.primenumbersformula.com? Is the author for real, or just a crank?
From: mathman on 12 Jul 2006 12:52 If the author is correct, his work would be publicized widely in the mathematics community. So far it hasn't happened, so I am skeptical.
From: Phil Carmody on 12 Jul 2006 17:46 "Colin" <colinpoakes(a)hotmail.com> writes: > What's everyone's opinion of the site www.primenumbersformula.com? Is > the author for real, or just a crank? At least a non-negligible proportion of crank. The only sensible material on that page is vast swathes of copyrighted material lifted from Professor Caldwell's Prime Pages, such as http://primepages.org/notes/faq/why.html Phil -- The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894), American physician and writer
From: Phil Carmody on 12 Jul 2006 17:48 mathman <mathnucl(a)optonline.net> writes: > If the author is correct, his work would be publicized widely in the mathematics community. So far it hasn't happened, so I am skeptical. Anyone who's learned computability knows how to create an almost unending stream of prime number generation functions. There is no novel 'discovery' in that direction any more. Phil -- The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894), American physician and writer
From: amzoti on 12 Jul 2006 18:34
Phil Carmody wrote: > mathman <mathnucl(a)optonline.net> writes: > > If the author is correct, his work would be publicized widely in the mathematics community. So far it hasn't happened, so I am skeptical. > > Anyone who's learned computability knows how to create an > almost unending stream of prime number generation functions. > There is no novel 'discovery' in that direction any more. > > Phil > -- > The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be > damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn. > -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894), American physician and writer Hi Phil, do you actually know how to interpret this function? I was trying to read it and not sure what the floor like functions mean. I must also be misinterpreting something because it looks like most stuff cancels out. Any ideas as this would be easy to test? However, right now it looks like crank/troll work! |