Re: Primality sieve challenge

From	Dr J R Stockton <reply1600@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Re: Primality sieve challenge
Date	2016-01-19 19:43 +0000
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In comp.lang.javascript message <37264925.IaaGi9xk8D@PointedEars.de>,
Mon, 18 Jan 2016 20:09:33, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
<PointedEars@web.de> posted:

>Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>
>> […]  All primes >= 5 are of the form 6k +/- 1 where k is a positive
>> integer.
>
>Interesting thesis.  Prove it.

It is obvious on inspection, and well-known among the mathematically
literate.

In addition, you should have recalled that all primes >= 3 are of the
form 2k +/- 1.


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              Re: Primality sieve challenge Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-18 09:52 -0800
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                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-19 01:34 -0800
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                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-19 10:59 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2016-01-20 01:33 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-20 02:10 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-20 02:21 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-20 10:45 +0000
                Re: Primality sieve challenge "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-20 06:43 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-01-20 15:21 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2016-01-21 03:18 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.co.uk> - 2016-01-21 12:12 +0000
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Dr J R Stockton <reply1600@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-01-21 23:20 +0000
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 19:44 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Dr J R Stockton <reply1600@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-01-23 21:50 +0000
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2016-01-24 01:26 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-23 17:54 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@no-spam.ws> - 2016-01-24 13:34 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-25 00:21 +0000
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2016-01-25 03:08 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-24 19:35 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-25 03:53 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-18 19:32 +0000
        Re: Primality sieve challenge Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-17 19:51 +0000
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  Re: Primality sieve challenge "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2016-01-17 12:46 -0800
    Re: Primality sieve challenge Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-18 09:50 -0800
      Re: Primality sieve challenge Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-01-18 20:09 +0100
        Re: Primality sieve challenge Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-18 19:28 +0000
          Re: Primality sieve challenge Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-01-18 21:37 +0100
            Re: Primality sieve challenge Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 13:12 -0800
              Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-18 13:46 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-18 14:00 -0800
              Re: Primality sieve challenge Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-01-19 13:47 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-19 14:04 +0000
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-01-19 19:59 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 10:55 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-01-19 20:04 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 13:42 -0800
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