Open AccessPrime Numbers Calculation Formulas
Author(s) -
Ameha Tefera Tessema
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.47260/tma/1111
Subject(s) - mersenne prime , prime number , mathematics , prime k tuple , prime (order theory) , number theory , fermat's last theorem , prime factor , natural number , multiplicative number theory , fermat number , almost prime , discrete mathematics , combinatorics , arithmetic
The application of prime numbers in modern science, especially in computerscience, is very wide. Since prime numbers can only divisible by 1 and themselves,they are not factored any further like whole numbers. The problem to calculate allprime numbers using a formula posed for long periods.Though different formulas to calculate prime numbers were developed by Euler,Fermat, Mersenne and others, the formulas work for limited natural numbers andcalculate limited prime numbers. JEL classification numbers: C02, C63, C69Keywords: Prime numbers, Prime numbers formula, Prime number distribution,Prime number calculation.