>>>>Hi Bruce --
>>>>>a) hit the size limit
>>>>
>>>> You know, I hadn't thought of it, but a table-driven approach could be used to generate prime numbers, indefinitely ... <g>
>>>
>>>Now all we need is the solution to prove a prime number :-)
>>
>>I think there's a large prize awaiting anyone who can prove a number prime without using brute force (perhaps more precisely, to create a formula which will unfailingly generate primes), which, I'm afraid, that algorithm is only capable of.
>>
>>So, maybe there's a practical benefit to theoretical math after all!
>>
>>
>> Jay
>Somewhere, in a box, I have a published proof that 1 + 1 = 2 (I have never read it, its pure 'math/logic' notation). It's almost 200 pages of standard paperback pages!
>
>With outtheoretical math (and I am talking way out of the box now), we would not have the betrieve node structures that allow VFP to claim itself as the fastest database on the planet. I am, sorry to say, just a user of the benefits of theoretical math - but enjoying every minute of it :-).

Yeah, we don't realize how much "theory" is underneath the everyday things we use. Even the concept of a computer and computer program was quite revolutionary not too long ago, in the 1940's. Separating a program from data made possible the distinction between a calculator and a computer.

BTW, I am glad to hear that 1+1 = 2. I have been relying on that for some time, now <g>.

Jay