And yet Taral would be wrong and Dave Feustel correct:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Prime-GeneratingPolynomial.html
There is a polynomial (of degree 25) in 26 variables which generates
only primes whenever it is positive. Surprising, yes it is. Note that
this polynomial is actually rarely positive!
Jacques
Taral wrote:
Not bloody likely.
On 3/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have heard that a generator function has been found that generates
prime numbers directly using only addition and subtraction. There
purportedly have been presentations of this information to selected
mathematicians who have verified that the generator function works.
But I haven't found any confirmation by googling. Has anyone got
wind of this?
Thanks,
Dave Feustel
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