Recent content by Simon-M

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    Graduate Longest repeated sequence in the prime counting function

    There are arbitrarily large gaps in the prime numbers. This means that \pi(n) can be constant over an arbitrarily large interval. Consider the n-1 numbers n!+k[/itex] where [itex]k=2,3,\cdots n
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    High School Representing vector by a number.

    There is a difference between creating a bijection between a set and a bijection between vector spaces. Sure, we could "number" them all, but it wouldn't be a great "representation" as it wouldn't even respect addition
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    High School Representing vector by a number.

    Only in 1D, yes. Assuming your definitions are: "A vector is a quantity with 'magnitude' and 'direction'" "A number is a real number" When working in 1D we can show 'direction' with the sign of the number. That's all I was saying. Going along the lines of a bijection between the reals and...
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    High School Representing vector by a number.

    The "sign" of a number could act as a "direction" (using your definition of a vector)