What will happen if some prime p can be really, totally eliminated, so it can't even be used as scaffolding? It looks like at least p^3 will become a new prime in addition to p^2.
If we can't use p as scaffolding then we can't really make numbers p*q since we need the height p, so then anything like this would be prime. But it is very interesting to think about if we keep killing new primes. So yes if we kill the new prime p^2 then p^3 becomes prime. Let me know if you keep thinking about "really" killing the primes and can see what is going on: erincarmody766@gmail.com
What will happen if some prime p can be really, totally eliminated, so it can't even be used as scaffolding? It looks like at least p^3 will become a new prime in addition to p^2.
If we can't use p as scaffolding then we can't really make numbers p*q since we need the height p, so then anything like this would be prime. But it is very interesting to think about if we keep killing new primes. So yes if we kill the new prime p^2 then p^3 becomes prime. Let me know if you keep thinking about "really" killing the primes and can see what is going on: erincarmody766@gmail.com
Check out the killing primes visualizer:
https://prime-band-visualizer.replit.app/