Kevin Wampler <wampler+pov### [at] uwashingtonedu> 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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