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- From: pjp9q@honi2.acc.Virginia.EDU (Paul Joseph Perrone)
- Subject: Number Theory
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.021132.15583@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Sender: Paul Perrone pjp9q@virginia.edu
- Organization: University of Virginia
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 02:11:32 GMT
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- I am the non-mathematician who posted the question regarding prime
- numbers a few messages ago, and I apologize for incorrectly phrasing
- my question.
-
- Here is my rephrased question:
-
- What is the LARGEST set of prime numbers fulfilling the following
- criterion,
- 1) No prime number in this set can be greater than 1 million;
- 2) No sum nor difference between any two of the primes in this
- set can be equal to the sum or difference between any other
- combinations of primes in this set.
-
- I am looking for references or direction in how to compute such a
- maximum set for the above problem, and for cases where I might
- vary criterion one's bound.
-
- Thanx again to those who pointed out my gross mistatement of the
- problem, and to those who might help me out.
-
- Sincerely,
-
- Paul Perrone
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- pjp9q@virginia.edu
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