Physics Banter - View Single Post - JOLOGICON'S NEWEST PROPHECY: SUDDEN END OF OIL PRICES INCREASE AND REVELATION OF BIGGEST PRIME NUMBER POSSIBLE!

**ytyourclothes@p.zapto.org**

wrote:
Jologicon said:
And in a day with the number 1 and 2, Jologicon (God) shall announce to
the world the Biggest Prime Number possible

since Prime Numbers are Finite - that's why it is possible
to have a holographic FINITE world!

Prime Numbers are the only finite concept that exists in the Universe!
If they weren't finite, this Universe couldn't be created! The infinite
must become finite (limited) to make things exist. And this is only
possible because Prime Numbers are FINITE (although too many).

AIUI there are strong mathematical proofs that prime numbers are
*infinite*. I'll be very interested to see how you prove that they're
finite!

Not just "strong" but "obvious".

If there were a largest finite prime "P" then we could write down all
the prime numbers p1, p2, p3, ... , P.

We could then compute a new number K by multiplying them all with each
other and adding one:

K = p1 x p2 x p3 x ... x P +1

The new number K would not be divisible by p1 (it would leave a
remainder of 1, of course) and not divisible by p2 (it would leave a
remainder of 1) and so forth.

I.e. K would be prime, as it would not be divisible by any prime number
other than itself and one. But it would be larger than P, by
definition.

Which means P was not actually the largest prime.

Middle school math.

cordially

Y.T.

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