On 10/14/2010 3:06 PM, Rich Cooper wrote:
> Your suggested set of functions are no “*non-constant polynomials”* if
> they iterate the primes. Whatever that “*non-constant polynomials”* means! (01)
Following is an example of a constant polynomial: (02)
f(n) = 7 (03)
For every value of n, f(n) evaluates to the prime number 7. (04)
Any polynomial that evaluates to different values for different
inputs will always generate some integers that are not primes. (05)
John (06)
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