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There is no general formula and, in some respects, that is what makes prime numbers so important and interesting to mathematicians.
There is no general formula and, in some respects, that is what makes prime numbers so important and interesting to mathematicians.
There is no general formula and, in some respects, that is what makes prime numbers so important and interesting to mathematicians.
There is no general formula and, in some respects, that is what makes prime numbers so important and interesting to mathematicians.
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What is the nth term formula of prime numbers?
There is no formula for prime numbers. They form a random sequence.
What is the formula of finding prime numbers from 500-0?
There is no formula that will generate all the prime numbers less than or equal to 500. Perhaps the "next best thing" is that there are some formulas that will generate prime numbers for certain values that are plugged in to the formula, but not necessarily all the prime numbers. For example, the formula n2 - n + 41 will generate prime numbers for all values of n from 0 to 40, but not for all values greater than or equal to 41. But even for values of n that are less than or equal to 40, while the formula will result in a prime number, it doesn't generate all the prime numbers. The first few prime numbers generated by this formula (for n = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) are 41, 41, 43, 47, 53, and 61. But many prime numbers get "skipped over" by using this, or any other, formula.
Who invented the formula for prime numbers?
So far there has been no formulas found. The randomness of prime numbers make them unpredictable to calculate. There is a bit of a hit and miss formula, which is (2 to the power of p) - 1, with p being a prime number. Prime numbers that fit this are callled "Mersenne primes". Mathematicians are still searching for a formula that works 100% of the time though. =)
What two numbers does the primorial formula prime number plus or minus 1 produce for prime equals 11 which if either of these numbers is prime?
11# - 1 = 2309 and 11# + 1 = 2311, both of which are prime.
How are these extremely large prime numbers found?
There is no formula that will specifically give you a prime number and no non-prime number. Therefore, several large numbers are tested to see if they are primes, until a prime number is found.
