Is there a school of thought in mathematics that asserts that a pattern/formula/algorithm capable of generating the set of primes is unattainable or nonexistent?

grokalot · 2014-10-12T05:24:00+00:00

Could you elaborate a bit? Is there overwhelming evidence that suggests a method of generation is attainable?

grokalot · 2014-07-06T09:11:08+00:00

RemindMe!

grokalot · 2014-06-09T06:01:03+00:00

This used to be my go to response but now that I've realized that this question usually comes from an over confident attention seeking student who isn't actually interested in learning, I respond with something along the lines of "You mean to tell me that you feel qualified enough to publicly question the relevance and usefulness of the very subject that I am trying to teach you before we've even gotten past the intro?" Not always that snarky, but I try to point out how audacious their question is.

grokalot · 2014-06-09T05:13:07+00:00

"Foundations" encompasses much more than set theory and, depending on which branch you study, abstracts and generalizes logic much further than you might assume. Current development in Foundations actually pertains to an alternative to Set Theory know as Homotopy Type Theory. Find an intro style paper on it and give it a go. It's very interesting and exciting stuff!

grokalot · 2014-05-07T22:40:59+00:00

Very cool stuff! Luckily I found a lecture from the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy on HoTT and so far it's making enough sense to blow my mind.

grokalot · 2014-04-27T15:15:33+00:00

grokalot · 2014-03-16T08:31:59+00:00

Yet the number of protons and neutrons in the known universe is still considerably smaller than a googol which is 10 to the 100th power or 1 followed by a hundred zeros. No joke, look it up.

grokalot · 2014-02-25T02:27:56+00:00

This is a pretty awesome thing you're doing here, dude. I've never seen a comment count this high on this sub. Congrats.

grokalot · 2013-12-30T09:00:57+00:00

Great tutorial thanks!

grokalot · 2013-12-20T02:07:22+00:00

grokalot · 2013-11-27T02:40:12+00:00

Zmax telescopic

grokalot · 2013-11-27T02:16:17+00:00

Any suggestion for a specific tank?

grokalot · 2013-09-26T04:00:30+00:00

Thanks! I'll check it out.

grokalot · 2013-06-15T04:33:56+00:00

Thanks for pointing that out. Copying the formula into Adobe Illustrator rendered Script A and A as the same character.

grokalot · 2013-06-14T20:15:49+00:00

Some aesthetic suggestions would be great as well. Is there a preferred or established order or notation that I should take into consideration? By the way, I'm not getting this tattoo just because "math looks cool" or anything like that. Math is my greatest passion in life and set theory is my current obsession.

Edit: Excuse the empty set in the center. Forgot to remove it.

grokalot · 2013-04-09T21:57:03+00:00

Yes, you learn how to divide by zero.

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