Prime Numbers–Why are They So Exciting?

Ehud de Shalit

Type: Article

Publication Date: 2018-09-07

Citations: 1

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2018.00040

Abstract

Prime numbers have attracted human attention from the early days of civilization. We explain what they are, why their study excites mathematicians and amateurs alike, and on the way we open a window to the mathematician’s world.

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