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Re: Open Call for Conjectures
Posted:
Aug 9, 2001 11:26 AM
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James Wanless wrote:
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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... :-)
There are also infintely many powers of three,
but not one in every interval [n, 2n].
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> "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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