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Hitherto Un-noticed properties of Primes

15 Tuesday Mar 2016

Posted by gfbrandenburg in Math

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Math, mathematics, prime number, probability

Did you know that if a prime number ends in a 9, then the next prime number larger than that is much more likely to end in a 1 than in a 9?

Did you know that if you study coin tosses, it will take you only about four tosses to find a head followed by a tail, but about six tosses to get two heads in a row, even though they are e qually likely?

I didn’t either. Interesting article:

https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160313-mathematicians-discover-prime-conspiracy/

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