[QUOTE=Napier]
>In chemistry, since by definition it only deals with matter, zero could the point where matter becomes energy. Infinity might be a black hole.
“Physics” is generally defined as the study of matter, and is probably the scientific field that most fundamentally deals with energy and certainly black holes. Chemistry is more the study of interactions between chemical elements and chemical compounds, isn’t it?
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The distinction is not clear-cut.
another idea…zero in chemistry/physics = equal parts matter + anti-matter
This would be good also because of how mathematics like to mess around with negative numbers etc. Anti-matter is the equivalent of ‘going beyond zero’
another idea…zero in chemistry/physics = equal parts matter + anti-matter
This would be good also because of how mathematics like to mess around with negative numbers etc. Anti-matter is the equivalent of ‘going beyond zero’
[QUOTE=petew83]
zero in chemistry/physics = equal parts matter + anti-matter
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No, matter + antimatter = a whole shitload of energy due to mutual annihilation. You really don’t know the basics, do you?
This is interesting. I get the following from Wikipedia:
“Physics is the science studying the concept of matter[1] and its motion,[2][3] as well as space and time[4][5] — the science that deals with concepts such as force, energy, mass, and charge.”
“Chemistry (from Egyptian kēme (chem), meaning “earth”[1]) is the science concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions.[2]”
I wonder what "composition, structure, and properties " chemistry is interested in that are not specific to the arrangement of atoms interacting with each other via their outer electron shells. Are there any? Or would it also be fair to say that chemistry is the science concerned with the interactions of atoms on the basis of their outer electron shells and the characteristics and behaviors of molecules and mixtures of molecules and substances built of atoms interacting on this basis?
[QUOTE=Captain Jinks]
Not exactly a formula, but, I ran across this in an old Russian math book–
Take any prime number greater than 3. Square it, subtract one. The result is always evenly divisible by 24.
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This is pretty simple to prove: Take some prime p. Either p divides 24 or p is coprime to 24. The former case holds precisely when p = 2 or p = 3, so it is removed from consideration by the imposed condition that p be greater than 3. Thus, we know that p is coprime to 24, which is seen to mean that p = plus or minus 1, 5, 7, or 11 (mod 24). And, we can finish the proof by observing that p^2 = 1 (mod 24) in those 4 cases.
I’m not sure what exactly it has to do with the OP, other than that it mentions primes, but then, I’m not sure what exactly the OP is talking about either, other than that it mentions primes.