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Is there an interesting set of natural numbers defined by a number-theoretic property that is finite? (lemmy.sdf.org)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

TIL about prime-generating quadratic polynomials, as well. I feel like I'm destined to use one in code now. The logic behind e^π√163^ looks like more than I can absorb today, haha.

Because I find Wikipedia doesn't explain it in the best way, a quadratic field like ℚ[√-n] is literally just the field of rationals with √-n and all the new numbers you can make with it added.