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November 18, 2015November 25, 2015

What to the what?

We like reversible processes. If I earn 5 dollars, I want to be able to spend 5 dollars. Subtraction undoes addition. It is the inverse process. All is well, until you subtract 5 dollars from your account that only has 3 dollars in it. You might have some negative feelings about that. Multiplication has an inverse process … Continue reading What to the what?

November 14, 2013October 12, 2015

Prime Number Theorem

Austin TX I was thinking about prime numbers this past summer. In Prime Parking, I mentioned the prime number theorem. It deserves a little more than the brief nod I gave it. Many great mathematicians worked on creating and proving a conjecture about how many primes can be found smaller than any given number. For … Continue reading Prime Number Theorem