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Topic: Open Call for Conjectures
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james@grok.ltd.uk

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Re: Open Call for Conjectures
Posted: Aug 9, 2001 11:08 AM
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No,
It's the webpage http://www.bearnol.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
which has a proof of Bertrand's postulate, that pretty much only relies on
the fact that there are infinitely many primes (and some short, but clever
logic), and has nothing to do with powers of three... :-)

"Jan Kristian Haugland" <jkhaug00@studNOSPAM.hia.no> wrote in message
news://3B72A1A7.D8A87908@studNOSPAM.hia.no...
>
> James Wanless wrote:
>
> > If I understand you correctly, Russell, I've already proved this [see my
> > website...]?
>
> Is that the webpage
>
> http://members.nbci.com/bearnol
>
> which has a "proof" of Bertrand's postulate which ONLY uses
> the fact that there are infinitely many primes (and would
> also apply to, say, powers of 3)?
>
> --
>
> J K Haugland
> http://home.hia.no/~jkhaug00

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