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Prime number formulae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Nick Mackinnon*
Affiliation:
Winchester College

Extract

The impossibility of a prime number formula seems to have entered the mathematical mythology. As I am continually challenged nonetheless to produce such formulae I thought I would invent some elementary ones. To put them in context I’ll first discuss some classic, and some quite recent, results.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1987

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