Plato's hidden theorem on the distribution of primes

DOI10.1007/BF02985381zbMATH Open1205.01005OpenAlexW2060024133WikidataQ125363542 ScholiaQ125363542MaRDI QIDQ976308FDOQ976308

Authors: Clive Pugh, A. I. G. Vardulakis 

Publication date: 17 June 2010

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02985381

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zbMATH Keywords

prime numbersPlato

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of number theory (11-03)

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