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Prime Numbers

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  • Aug 16 2010 11:32 PM

    Elisa Ramirez // Elisa Ramirez

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This article, from the Illuminations-reviewed History of Mathematics Archive, discusses prime numbers and their properties, which were first studied extensively by ancient Greek mathematicians. Information covered includes mathematicians who have studied prime numbers, unsolved problems involving primes, record prime numbers, and more.

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