Another small example I noticed awhile ago and forgot to write up. Prime numbers, as one of the most fundamental concepts in mathematics, have a way of turning up in unexpected places. For example, the life cycles of some cicadas are either or years. It’s thought that this is a response to predation by predators [...]
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Mathematics in real life II
Posted in GILA, number theory, tagged primes on October 15, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Some remarks on the infinitude of primes
Posted in number theory, tagged cyclotomic polynomials, primes on September 2, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I have at least four planned posts left in the series on symmetric functions, but unfortunately I’ll be very busy for the next two weeks. In the meantime, here are some thoughts on the primes. Euclid’s proof of the infinitude of the primes is often held up as a shining example of mathematical proof. (Whether [...]
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