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Re: Four Digit Code Problem

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Subject Re: Four Digit Code Problem
Date Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:08:37 +0300
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David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> writes:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:45:18 -0000 (UTC), David Entwistle wrote:
>
>> think there is a solution for any given weighted prime product.
>
>>     1. “Weighted prime product”: 2A + 3B + 5C + 7D = 111
>
> I added the words "weighted prime product". It isn't a term I am familiar 
> with, but I think I may have got it wrong and it should be "weighted prime 
> sum". Apologies for introducing that error.

prime-weighted sum is even clearer, I'd say.
It's a weighted sum, and what are those weights - primes.

Phil
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Four Digit Code Problem David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> - 2026-08-20 10:45 +0000
  Re: Four Digit Code Problem David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> - 2026-08-20 11:06 +0000
    Re: Four Digit Code Problem Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2026-08-27 19:08 +0300
  Re: Four Digit Code Problem ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-08-20 11:58 +0000
    Re: Four Digit Code Problem David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> - 2026-08-20 15:42 +0000
      Re: Four Digit Code Problem David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> - 2026-08-20 15:50 +0000
  Re: Four Digit Code Problem James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-08-20 12:51 +0000
    Re: Four Digit Code Problem David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> - 2026-08-20 15:32 +0000
      Re: Four Digit Code Problem Charlie Roberts <croberts@gmail.com> - 2026-08-22 13:05 -0400
      Re: Four Digit Code Problem Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2026-08-27 22:37 +0300

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