in reply to Re: Re: Finding Primes
in thread Finding Primes

First of all, there are an infinite number of primes and there is a theorem by Bertrand which states that there is a prime between any natural number n and 2*n. So there are two prime numbers which product is a 400 digit number.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Finding Primes
by sauoq (Abbot) on Aug 14, 2003 at 14:10 UTC

    Very good, but why are you replying to me? I was arguing that the product of two 200 digit primes is not necessarily 400 digits. It may only be 399. Perhaps you'd like to tell the OP that he can prove the existence of such primes without finding them. I expect that was what his professor had in mind anyway...

    -sauoq
    "My two cents aren't worth a dime.";