“The conjecture says roughly that if there are prime numbers that divide either a or b too many times, then their presence has to be ‘balanced out’ by largish primes that divide c only a few times,” Dr. Kim said. “We see 3 divides 81 four times, and 2 divides 64 six times. But then, 145 equals 5 times 29, so you get the larger primes 5 and 29 dividing 145 just once.”
NYTimes
…has there been a better reason to go back to bed.
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