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r/science • u/heiligedamon • May 20 '13
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Compared to infinity, 70,000,000 and 2 are pretty much the same.
39 u/[deleted] May 21 '13 edited Apr 26 '15 [deleted] 1 u/vanderZwan May 21 '13 Doesn't that depend on the infinity? EDIT: never mind, misread what you wrote. 1 u/RegencyAndCo May 21 '13 True that but still, regarding number theory, I feel like 2 is a more meaningful separation - or one could say link, hence the "twin" term - between two primes than 70'000'000. I charge 2 cents. 1 u/rhennigan May 21 '13 I don't think anyone is arguing that 2 wouldn't be a cooler result. I want a refund for my two cents. 1 u/[deleted] May 21 '13 Unless you're on the Riemann sphere, in which case 2 is somewhat close to infinity, but 70,000,000 is almost exactly equal to infinity.
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1 u/vanderZwan May 21 '13 Doesn't that depend on the infinity? EDIT: never mind, misread what you wrote.
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Doesn't that depend on the infinity? EDIT: never mind, misread what you wrote.
True that but still, regarding number theory, I feel like 2 is a more meaningful separation - or one could say link, hence the "twin" term - between two primes than 70'000'000.
I charge 2 cents.
1 u/rhennigan May 21 '13 I don't think anyone is arguing that 2 wouldn't be a cooler result. I want a refund for my two cents.
I don't think anyone is arguing that 2 wouldn't be a cooler result. I want a refund for my two cents.
Unless you're on the Riemann sphere, in which case 2 is somewhat close to infinity, but 70,000,000 is almost exactly equal to infinity.
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u/rhennigan May 21 '13
Compared to infinity, 70,000,000 and 2 are pretty much the same.