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karotto
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9, 9, 29, 7, 8, 91, 2, 6, 73, 8, 0, 19, 2, 4, ?, 7
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dudiobugtron
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Re: Sequence
« Reply #1 on: Aug 4th, 2014, 7:51pm » |
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I notice that Every third number is somewhat larger than the preceding two, and is also a prime number. Perhaps the prime each time is generated by the two numbers before it?
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pex
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Re: Sequence
« Reply #2 on: Aug 5th, 2014, 3:02am » |
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I spotted that pattern as well, and nothing else really, except that 91 is not prime.
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dudiobugtron
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Re: Sequence
« Reply #3 on: Aug 5th, 2014, 5:51pm » |
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on Aug 5th, 2014, 3:02am, pex wrote:except that 91 is not prime. |
| Thanks for spotting that! I'll take this opportunity to express my displeasure at 7 and its presumptuous behaviour as a divisor.
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