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Re: prime numbers and African artifact
Michael J Mayo (mikem@atlas.otago.ac.nz)
Mon, 17 Jul 1995 11:01:10 +1200
In article <805505643snz@zosma.demon.co.uk>, Elizabeth@zosma.demon.co.uk wrote:
> In article <3tp5m0$u27@news.sas.ab.ca>
> davidwss@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca "
> >
> > : No, no, no. Those are the *even* numbers! The primes are 1, 4, 9,
16, 25,
> > : 36, etc.
> >
> > Wrong - those are ROUND numbers. The primes are 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13,
> > 21, 34, etc. It's as easy as 3.1415.....
> >
> > David Wasserman (davidwss@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca)
> > Curmudgeon-At-Large (DWasserman@edc.gov.ab.ca)
> > "The older I get, the more value I place on experience."
> >
> >
> No no, the ROUND numbers are 0, 3, 6, 8, 9
>
>
> - Liz
For Your Information...
1,4,9,16,36... are the sequence of SQUARES OF NATURAL NUMBERS
1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34... is the FIBONNACCI SEQUENCE
2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,27... is the sequence of PRIMES!
Didn't you guys learn that at school?
Mike.
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