Re: Re: Finding the next larger prime.

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6.62.10³⁷⁰ could be 6.62*10³⁷⁰ - multiplication is sometimes written as a dot in the centre of the line, so it could have been a transcribing error
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Re: Re: Re: Finding the next larger prime. by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 30, 2003 at 09:55 UTC
Agreed. Once you notice that the digits after the last '.' are always 10, the realisation dawns, but it meant absolutely nothing when I first saw it. It's a very strange way to right exponential numbers. It could equally as well mean 6 * 62.10³⁷⁰! Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail Hooray!	[reply]
Re4: Finding the next larger prime. by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Oct 30, 2003 at 16:46 UTC
Not really. It could be parsed that way, but it can't be lexed that way, not in the given context. ------ We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age. The idea is a little like C++ templates, except not quite so brain-meltingly complicated. -- TheDamian, Exegesis 6 ... strings and arrays will suffice. As they are easily available as native data types in any sane language, ... - blokhead, speaking on evolutionary algorithms Please remember that I'm crufty and crochety. All opinions are purely mine and all code is untested, unless otherwise specified.	[reply]