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0 pointsalkyon1d ago0 comments

I just noticed that it's 60-3 without any divisibility tests.

Tao's 27 prime was much more embarassing but understandable as he's no a calculator.

Savants are for things like remembering the first million primes. Someone like Tao or Grothendieck can't remeber them beyond 20, but it doesn't mean they can't actuly reason about them.

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karmakurtisaani22h ago

What's Tao's 27 prime again?

alkyonOP21h ago

Was mentioned in a twin thread:

"27 is a Tao prime. Terence Tao suggested 27 was a prime number on The Colbert Report in 2014. He was likely very nervous."

tensegrist21h ago

there was some interview where he illustrated the idea of a twin prime pair using 27 and 29

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