#prime detector

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Mod note: the queue has run out by now, and I don't have enough extra free energy rn to add more. So we're on an indefinite haitus until I decide to add more!

[primedetector]

ooc: crap I let the queue run out, lemme fix that rq

[primedetector]

Hello there! I am a math gimmick blog that detects prime numbers. What is a prime number? Glad you asked! But first, a quick introduction. You may call me Prime, and mod uses she/her pronouns but will otherwise remain anonymous (if you can guess, congratulations! no prize other than pride).

A prime number is a number that cannot be divided further. 10 = 2x5, so 10 is not prime, but 2 and 5 are.

A composite number is a number that can be divided further. 10 in the above example is composite.

A small prime number is one that is smaller than any composite number. These such numbers are 2 and 3, which are smaller than 4. Will leave as an exercise to the reader to show that 4 is composite. These numbers are only prime because they have no choice, to do some anthropomorphizing. In my opinion, 5 is the first interesting prime.

As a final note, the number 1 is neither prime nor composite. The simplest explanation to this is because the fundamental theorem of arithmetic basically says every number has a unique prime factorization. So 6 = 2x3, and no other combination of primes. If we include 1 as a prime than we could say 6 = 1x2x3, or 1x1x2x3, and this quickly breaks uniqueness. There are several other things that we would need to say "all primes except 1" so we decide to just throw it out into it's own special category, called a unit.

Blog info below the cut!

Post timeline

I have posts set up on a queue to post once a day. However, ooc posts will be posts immediately, outside of the queue, and don't count towards the once a day.

Tag info

-Tags on all posts (except ooc ones):

#mathblr

#prime numbers

#prime detector

#ooc - out of character, for when I post things other then detecting primes.

#no primes - for when there are no primes detected.

#prime detected - for when there are primes detected.

#some not primes included - for when there are primes detected, but there is also some unprime dirt hanging around.

#fictional numbers - for when the primality of numbers that don't exist are detected.

I also tag each individual number that I detect.