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[[April MacLean]] mistook [[prames of the Renyalin]], known from the planet [[Rhodia]], for primes. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stone House (novel)|The Stone House]]'') | [[April MacLean]] mistook [[prames of the Renyalin]], known from the planet [[Rhodia]], for primes. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stone House (novel)|The Stone House]]'') | ||
Mrs [[Multravers]] tested intelligence of humans by asking them a question about prime numbers. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Haunting (audio story)|The Haunting]]'') | Mrs [[Multravers]] tested intelligence of humans by asking them a question about prime numbers. [[Strax]] had no problem deducing that 13 would be the fifth number in her sequence. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Haunting (audio story)|The Haunting]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
A prime number is a positive integer that has exactly two divisors: 1 and the number itself. | A prime number is a positive integer that has exactly two divisors: 1 and the number itself. | ||
Though [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Haunting (audio story)|The Haunting]]'' establishes that 1 is itself a prime number in the [[DWU]], this is a point of contention among mathematicians. | |||
[[Category:Mathematics from the real world]] | [[Category:Mathematics from the real world]] | ||
Revision as of 23:47, 27 December 2018
A prime number was a number with special properties. The first six prime numbers were 1, 3, 5, 7, 11 and 13. (AUDIO: The Haunting)
The Tenth Doctor could quickly compute happy primes to get access to computer systems. He claimed that happy primes were studied in recreational mathematics. (TV: 42)
April MacLean mistook prames of the Renyalin, known from the planet Rhodia, for primes. (PROSE: The Stone House)
Mrs Multravers tested intelligence of humans by asking them a question about prime numbers. Strax had no problem deducing that 13 would be the fifth number in her sequence. (AUDIO: The Haunting)
Behind the scenes
A prime number is a positive integer that has exactly two divisors: 1 and the number itself.
Though AUDIO: The Haunting establishes that 1 is itself a prime number in the DWU, this is a point of contention among mathematicians.
