Kevin Wampler <wampler+pov### [at] u washington edu> wrote:
> Mueen Nawaz wrote:
> > Well, at least I wasn't wrong - Skewes number appeared first.
> I sort of like Skewes number as well, as it provides a useful
> counterexample to provide to someone who thinks that checking the first
> several billion examples of a conjecture makes it virtually certain to
> be true.
Hmm, I wonder if you aren't confusing it with the Polya conjecture...
(which is famous for having a rather big counter-example).
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- Warp
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