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Some may find the question trite, but it really is intriguing. Primes were not invented, but exist as part of number theory. When we became curious about numbers, things like the nature of primes were uncovered. Have prime numbers always existed? It is hard to say 'no' to that, although before anyone existed who even had a clue about them, what was the nature of their 'existence'? Like the many things that 'are' but are not yet known, they were floating in the.. I don't know what... waiting to be caught. Maybe YOU will catch something out of the mathematical air that no one has ever known about before.
You may be asking about the first time they were identified. The first documented discussions of primes come to us from Euclid in ancient Greece (circa 300 BCE). There are hints that the ancient Egyptians may have known about them; in some materials they used a representation for primes different from that used for composites.
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How did Eratosthenes invent prime numbers?
Prime numbers are not invented.
Is euclid the inventor of prime numbers?
No one invented prime numbers.
Who invented the prime numbers?
God.
What was the name of the man that invented prime numbers?
mr prime
Who invented the twin prime numbers?
Nobody invented them. Some prime numbers were found to be next-but-one to one another, and these were called twin primes.
How did Eratosthenes invent prime numbers?
Prime numbers are not invented.
Is euclid the inventor of prime numbers?
No one invented prime numbers.
Who invented the prime numbers?
God.
What was the name of the man that invented prime numbers?
mr prime
Who invented composite and prime numbers?
aristotle
Who invented prime number?
prime numbers are invented by srinivasan ramanujan, an Indian mathematician.
Who invented the twin prime numbers?
Nobody invented them. Some prime numbers were found to be next-but-one to one another, and these were called twin primes.
Who invented twin prime number?
Nobody invented them - they are a characteristic of the set of numbers.
Who invented co-prime number?
Nobody invented them. They are simply numbers, prime or composite, such that they have no factor in common other than 1.
Who invented the prime and composite numbers?
Nobody invented them, they are just names for numbers. A prime number has only 2 factors which are 1 and itself. Composite numbers are everything else except 1 and 0. 1 and 0 are neither prime, nor composite.
What did Eratosthenes invent?
HE INVENTED LOts of thing one of them is PRIME numbers
Who invented co-prime numbers?
Co-prime numbers are a mathematical concept that has been studied and used by many mathematicians over the years. There isn't a single person who can be credited with "inventing" co-prime numbers. The concept of co-prime numbers has been known and used in mathematics for centuries, with contributions from various mathematicians throughout history.
