Comment on Widest Roman PrimeComments−kwhitefoot10yStrictly speaking that's the widest modern usage Roman prime under 4000.The actual Romans were inconsistent in their use of the subtractive principle, see http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1371/what-is-the-pr...So there might be ways to construct a wider one.
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Strictly speaking that's the widest modern usage Roman prime under 4000.
The actual Romans were inconsistent in their use of the subtractive principle, see http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1371/what-is-the-pr...
So there might be ways to construct a wider one.