2017 is not just another prime number
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2017 is not just another prime number
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Re: 2017 is not just another prime number
#2Pretty Cool!
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#3I’m feeling more excited about this year already!
Re: 2017 is not just another prime number
#4What I always wonder though, is 2017 really a special number or can you fit things like this to every number?
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#5What I always wonder though, is 2017 really a special number or can you fit things like this to every number?
What I like to do to measure the "mathematical interestingness" of a number, is check how many times it appears in OEIS. A database of sequences of numbers found in mathematical research. 2017 appeared in 453 sequences. For comparison; 2016 appears 833 sequences, and 2018 appears in 113.
http://oeis.org/search?q=seq%3A2016&sort=&language=english&g...
Re: 2017 is not just another prime number
#6What I always wonder though, is 2017 really a special number or can you fit things like this to every number?
What I like to do to measure the "mathematical interestingness" of a number, is check how many times it appears in OEIS. A database of sequences of numbers found in mathematical research. 2017 appeared in 453 sequences. For comparison; 2016 appears 833 sequences, and 2018 appears in 113. http://oeis.org/search?q=seq%3A2016&sort=&language=english&g...
Every number is special.
Proof is by contradiction: Assume that not every number is mathematically interesting and let X be the first such number. However, the fact that X is the lowest such number is itself pretty special, right?
Re: 2017 is not just another prime number
#7What I always wonder though, is 2017 really a special number or can you fit things like this to every number?
Reminds me of "Interesting number paradox" :p
This can be considered as a proof that every number is interesting.
IMHO, being a prime number might give 2017 some advantages, and 2017 might be a slightly more interesting than most of prime numbers.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
What I like to do to measure the "mathematical interestingness" of a number, is check how many times it appears in OEIS. A database of sequences of numbers found in mathematical research. 2017 appeared in 453 sequences. For comparison; 2016 appears 833 sequences, and 2018 appears in 113. http://oeis.org/search?q=seq%3A2016&sort=&language=english&g...
Every number is special. Proof is by contradiction: Assume that not every number is mathematically interesting and let X be the first such number. However, the fact that X is the lowest such number is itself pretty special, right?
Can this proof be adapted for the reals, or is it only the case that every integer is special?
Re: 2017 is not just another prime number
#9They forgot to calculate how many certificates on the Internet use 2017 as one of their primes :-)
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
What I like to do to measure the "mathematical interestingness" of a number, is check how many times it appears in OEIS. A database of sequences of numbers found in mathematical research. 2017 appeared in 453 sequences. For comparison; 2016 appears 833 sequences, and 2018 appears in 113. http://oeis.org/search?q=seq%3A2016&sort=&language=english&g...
Every number is special. Proof is by contradiction: Assume that not every number is mathematically interesting and let X be the first such number. However, the fact that X is the lowest such number is itself pretty special, right?
Proved only for non-negative numbers! :)