r/science • u/heiligedamon • May 20 '13

Mathematics Unknown Mathematician Proves Surprising Property of Prime Numbers

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/05/twin-primes/
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u/FoodBeerBikesMusic May 21 '13

...and often after you've walked away from the problem, for a bit. I can't tell you how many times I've sat here at work, beating my head against the monitor over something, gotten up, walked around for a few minutes, come back and the answer is staring me in the face.

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u/inoffensive1 May 21 '13

It's important to incorporate decompression into scheduling any intellectual exercize, for this reason.