Re: prime numbers and African artifact

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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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