From: Michael S. Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Tue Jan 09 2001 - 13:43:46 MST
yup, good call....
James Wetterau wrote:
>
> "Michael S. Lorrey" <mlorrey@datamann.com> wrote:
> > ...
> > You could also do this with the set of all primes divvied by
> > (n^2)-1 and (n^2)+1 primes. ...
>
> Huh? First I'll assume you mean (2^n)-1 and (2^n) + 1. Even so, in
> which box would you put, say, 11 and 13? If you actually mean the
> formula you wrote, 7 and 11 are the first two missing.
>
> BTW, my take on the box riddle was to think: "OK, I'm sitting in my
> apartment, a locked box. I have here the key to it. What would
> happen if I locked that key in another box, say my desk, and kept the
> key to my desk in my pocket?" Answer: no problem!
>
> Regards,
> James
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