Timeline for Is the surreal number $\omega(\sqrt{2}+1)+1$ a prime?
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| Mar 29, 2021 at 21:19 | comment | added | Ivan Pong | I used the initial guess $a+1 \sim (\sqrt{a}+1)^2$ and the applied difference of squares to cancel out the $2\sqrt{a}$ term. | |
| Mar 29, 2021 at 21:16 | comment | added | Will Brian | This answer reminds me of Frank Nelson Cole (mathoverflow.net/questions/207321/…). How did you find this factorization? | |
| Mar 29, 2021 at 21:08 | vote | accept | Ivan Pong | ||
| Mar 29, 2021 at 21:08 | history | answered | Ivan Pong | CC BY-SA 4.0 |