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Jun 3, 2023 at 12:49 comment added Fedor Petrov @GeraldEdgar well, it is essentially the same, up to logical nuances. We often rephrase ancient theorems in modern language, like "square root of 2 is irrational" instead of "the side and the diagonal of the square do not have a common measurament".
Jun 3, 2023 at 11:58 comment added Gerald Edgar About twin primes, the Nature snippet says, in passing, "Some attribute the conjecture to the Greek mathematician Euclid of Alexandria". That seems not convincing. Euclid did not even say "there are infinitely many primes"; he said "Given a [finite] list of primes, to construct a prime not in the list."
Jun 3, 2023 at 5:09 comment added Fedor Petrov @GeraldEdgar well, I was sure in this as a common knowledge, but now I am less certain. Greeks are mentioned in several places (see below, for example), but without citation and assurance. nature.com/articles/nature.2013.12989
Jun 3, 2023 at 1:41 comment added Gerald Edgar Can you provide a citation for the ancient Greek conjecture?
May 22, 2023 at 18:04 comment added user25406 Does $7+ 2^2= 11$ count?
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May 22, 2023 at 9:55 history edited Fedor Petrov CC BY-SA 4.0
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May 22, 2023 at 9:50 comment added R. van Dobben de Bruyn The question asks if there is one pair of primes $(p,p+4)$, not infinitely many.
May 22, 2023 at 9:49 history answered Fedor Petrov CC BY-SA 4.0