Reasonable Hope (Math)

A Math Question About Prime Numbers for Everyone

May 20 · 2 min · Season 1 · Episode 17 · 2.9 MB
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How many prime numbers are there? It’s a simple question anyone can ask—but incredibly hard to answer. You can’t count forever… so how do you know? Question: How would I approach a question that has no obvious endpoint?