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Mindscape Chapter 2.3

The document discusses various mathematical concepts related to prime numbers, including lists of prime numbers between 1 and 100, properties of odd numbers, and conditions for numbers to be prime. It also explores the smallest natural number for which the factorial plus one is not prime, and provides examples of sums of two prime numbers equaling even numbers greater than two. Key concepts include prime factorization, divisibility, and Goldbach's conjecture.

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Mindscape Chapter 2.3

The document discusses various mathematical concepts related to prime numbers, including lists of prime numbers between 1 and 100, properties of odd numbers, and conditions for numbers to be prime. It also explores the smallest natural number for which the factorial plus one is not prime, and provides examples of sums of two prime numbers equaling even numbers greater than two. Key concepts include prime factorization, divisibility, and Goldbach's conjecture.

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Khuong Tran

Professor Purdum

MAT- 000G

22 February 2020

Mindscape chapter 2.3


25 Prime Number (1-100)
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97
2.3.2. Fear Factor.
6 = 2 × 3, → 2 & 3 are prime numbers.
24 = 2 × 12 = 2 × 2 × 6 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3, → 2 & 3 are prime numbers.
27 = 3 × 9 = 3 × 3 × 3, → 3 is a prime number.
35 = 5 × 7, → 5 & 7 are prime numbers.
120 = 2 × 60 = 2 × 2 × 30 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 10 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 2 × 5, → 2, 3 & 5 are prime
numbers.

2.3.3. Odd Couple.


If n is an odd number & n ≥ 3, can n + 1 ever be prime?
For example:
n is an odd number, so it should be 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29….so,
1+1 = 2, 3+1 = 4, 5+1 = 6, 7 +1 = 8, 9+1 = 10.
The odd number n that plus 1 as n + 1 always gives you an even number. Since every even
number can be divided by 2, so no even number is prime.

Therefore, n+1 will never be prime, except n = 1.

If n = 1, then 1+1 = 2, but 2 is prime. So if n=1, then n + 1 always be prime → 2


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2.3.7. Waiting for A Nonprime.


What is the smallest natural number n that greater than 1, for which (1 × 2 × 3 ×...× n) + 1 is
not prime?
For example:
(1 × 1) + 1 = 2 is a prime number
(1 × 2) + 1 = 3 is a prime number
(1 × 2 × 3) + 1 = 7 is a prime number
(1 × 2 × 3 × 4) + 1 = 25 but 25 can divided by 5, so 25 is not prime!
Therefore, 4 is the smallest natural number that (1 × 2 × 3 × … × n) + 1 is not prime.

2.3.12. Prime Test.


Suppose you are given a number n and are told that 1 and the number n divide into n. Does that
mean n is prime? Explain
It could possibly be prime. However, all integers are divisible by 1 and themselves. Prime
numbers are only divisible by 1 and themselves. It is just the prime numbers that can’t be divided
by anything else.
For example
- n = 6, so 1 and 6 divided by 6, but 6 can be factor as 2 & 3 (2 × 3 = 6), and 2 & 3 are
prime. So this proves that n = 6 is not prime.
- n = 7, so 1 and 7 divided by 7, 7 is a prime number. So this proves that n = 7 is a prime.
Therefore, it would depend entirely on whether or not other numbers could be divided into n.

2.3.14. Goldbach.
15 numbers greater than 2 as a sum of 2 prime numbers:
4=2+2 20 = 3 + 17, 7 + 13
6=3+3 22 = 3 + 19, 5 + 17
8=3+5 24 = 5 + 19, 7 + 17,
10 = 5 + 5 26 = 3 + 23, 7 + 19
12 = 5 + 7 28 = 5 + 23, 11 + 17
14 = 3 + 11 30 = 7 + 23, 11 +19
16 = 3 +13, 5 + 11 32 = 3 + 29, 13 + 19
18 = 5 + 13, 7 + 11

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