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fuzunoglu ◴[] No.44001081[source]
Taking a look at numbers in binary reveals some interesting patterns. Although seems obvious, it was interesting to me when I realized that all prime numbers except 2 end with 1.
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silisili ◴[] No.44001864[source]
Not trying to be a jerk, but why is that interesting? Am I missing something more than all odd numbers end in 1, and primes by their nature cannot be even(except 2, as you mentioned).
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lkirkwood ◴[] No.44001948[source]
Just nitpick but all odd numbers end in an odd number, not 1, and all even numbers end in an even number i.e. a multiple of 2.
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1. silisili ◴[] No.44001961[source]
Sure, but OP was talking about binary representation.
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2. dmichulke ◴[] No.44003353[source]
GP's statement is true for all number systems with an even base (so also for binary and decimal)