Pentashagon comments on Yes, Virginia, You Can Be 99.99% (Or More!) Certain That 53 Is Prime - Less Wrong

38 Post author: ChrisHallquist 07 November 2013 07:45AM

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Comment author: Pentashagon 13 November 2013 09:47:32PM -2 points [-]

"what unlikely event would break your confidence in 53 being prime?"

The discovery of modular arithmetic and finite fields?

Comment author: shminux 13 November 2013 10:49:40PM 0 points [-]

Presumably ChrisHallquist is already familiar with finite fields.