Are primes anything more than just an abstract math idea? Do they have any real world relevance beyond cryptography and such?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number#Applications
>>9093307
>cryptography, RNG,
Yes, other than that.
Are primes even real?
>>9093315
>Are primes even real?
Yes.
They are a subset of naturals/integers which are subset of reals.
>>9093306
prime numbers are the invariant descriptors of math. primes cannot be reduced, they are currently a limit on our understanding of unique mathematical objects.