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Proof that primes are finite

Name: Anonymous 2014-04-01 16:16

Consider the set of all natural numbers and the set of all primes.
Since the set of all natural numbers less the set of primes is equal to the products or the elements of the subsets in the power set of the primes, then it is clear that mapping is injective, as all combinations are unique. This is by definition, as composite numbers are exactly those numbers that can the product of primes.
The cardinality of the set of natural numbers is infinite, but it is a much smaller infinity that that of real numbers, obviously, as there are an infinity of infinities (an infinite amount of irrational numbers between each rational, which are themselves infinite) in that set, but only a single infinity in that of the natural numbers.

Now consider: as the number progress to infinity, the likelihood of each number to be a product of some combination of each before it decreases to zero faster than the number line progresses. For example:
in {1,2}, there is a 50% chance of each being prime
in {1,2,...,10}, there is a 40% chance of each being prime
in {1,2,...,100}, there is a 25% chance of each being prime
in {1,2,...,1000}, there is a 16.8% chance of each being prime
in {1,2,...,10[sup]10[/sup]}, there is a 0.04% chance of each being prime

Thus, as infinity is approached, the number of primes approaches a finite number. This leads us to a contradiction, since any finite number of elements arranged in a any number of combinations will still only lead to a finite number of results.

Thus, since there cannot possibly be an infinite number of primes, there cannot be an infinite number of numbers.

The mere existence of infinity disproves infinity.

Name: Anonymous 2014-04-01 16:20

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Name: Anonymous 2014-04-01 17:32

>>1
What's the last number, then?

Name: Anonymous 2014-04-01 18:55

>>3
9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999+1

Name: Anonymous 2014-04-03 17:48

>>1

Non sequitur. The chance of finding a prime number in 1..n approaching 0 as n approaches infinity does not lead to the logical conclusion that there are a finite number of primes, or even that there are a finite number of twin primes, only that the average distance between primes is increasing.

>>4

What you just posted, +2, is higher than what you just posted. Therefore it is not the last number.

Name: Anonymous 2014-04-03 17:58

A number approaching zero isn't not the same as the number zero.

Name: Anonymous 2014-04-03 21:52

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_gap#Upper_bounds
fuck off retard, you're not even funny

Name: >>7 2014-04-03 21:53

>>9
>le /pedokike/ admin
go back to your pedo board

Name: Anonymous 2014-04-04 9:33

>>6
>le pedophile student

>>7
>le pedophile sage

>>8
>le pedophile sage

Name: Anonymous 2014-04-04 9:45

why is the font fucked up on wikipedia?

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Name: Anonymous 2017-03-11 13:50

Somehow i read horse shoe in there

Name: Anonymous 2017-03-12 6:51

>>6
In that case 0.999...!=1 because
1-0.9-0.09-0.009 is a number approaching zero(0.0...01)

Name: Anonymous 2017-03-15 23:37

If there were only n primes in 10^n, there would still be infinite primes?

Name: Anonymous 2017-03-31 18:19

infinity isnt real

stop playing word games and deluding yourselves

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