I've linked previously to the "Voynich Manuscript", today I'll provide you with another, more modern version: Codex Seraphinianus. Enjoy.
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Prime numbers are numbers that are divisible by themselves only and one.
The series begins 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37 and continues (possibly) into infinity.
They can only be checked in reverse - meaning, there is no formula that will create a prime number, only formulas that factor and check if a number is prime. Is it possible to create a formula that will predict all prime numbers?
And when we have that solved, what is the formula that will create or predict all Mersennes Primes?
Email me the answer, but be sure to take credit for it first.
Curious? Further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Numbers, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_prime, http://primes.utm.edu/mersenne/index.html
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The Voynich manuscript is a mysterious illustrated book written in an indecipherable text. It is thought to have been written between 1450 and 1520. The author, script and language of the manuscript remain unknown. . . Read More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_Manuscript
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Seashells, like people, exhibit right and left symmetries. (In people this is obvious as right and left handedness).
Before the great Permian extinction 90% of Nautalis fossils were "left handed". Now 90% of seashells exhibit a "right handed" symmetry, certain shells with a left based symmetry are highly prized by collectors. Why did this change? And what survival value, if any, does this provide?
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