@gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 2 years agoAnd that is why I don't do statisticsi.imgur.comimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1492arrow-down17
arrow-up1485arrow-down1imageAnd that is why I don't do statisticsi.imgur.com@gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareKogasalinkfedilinkEnglish14•2 years agoPer the prime number theorem, for large enough N the proportion of primes less than or equal to N is approximately 1/log(N). For N = 2^(31) that’s ~0.0465. To get under 1% you’d need N ~ 2^(145).
Per the prime number theorem, for large enough N the proportion of primes less than or equal to N is approximately 1/log(N). For N = 2^(31) that’s ~0.0465. To get under 1% you’d need N ~ 2^(145).
So you better use 128-bit unsigned integers 😅