ChrisHallquist comments on The dangers of zero and one - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChrisHallquist 22 November 2013 05:08:21PM -2 points [-]

As soon as I saw that in the post, I began checking it. In my head. Have I mentioned I'm good at math?

Comment author: Fhyve 25 November 2013 08:19:50AM -1 points [-]

That only means you are merely good at arithmetic. Can you prove, say, that there are no perfect squares of the form

3^p + 19(p-1)

where p is prime?