On 9/30/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [Addendum] > > > > I meant to add that all the prime numbers are known to be distributed > randomly--I repeat--randomly along the real line. So it is highly improbable > that some algorithm or formula at present with the prime number distribution > not understood (if I am not mistaken about this), could accurately predict > what number any given prime might have within the prime number sequence. But > I am interested on what some professors in the field might say about this > topic. Can such an "indexing" formula ever exist? I don't know.
He doesn't seem to claiming that. "I wish I could put that number into my program which simulates my forumla and find its position, but in order for my formula to work I need to know the position of EVERY prime number which is smaller than the square root of the prime which you want to find, in order to calculate its position correctly." It sounds like the Sieve to me. -- I want my country back _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
