5, 3, 11, 3, 23, 3, 47, 3, 5, 3, 101, 3, 7, 11, 3, 13, 233, 3, 467, 3, 5, 3 . . . Rowland's sequence
The always-interesting Brian Hayes takes readers on a rollicking journey with formulas created to produce prime numbers:
http://bit-player.org/2015/pumping-the-primes
Both computer programmers and number theorists may find this interesting, even though in the end, Hayes admits that "
It seems we are back where we began, and no closer to having a practical prime generator"...but, as he also concludes, "
Along the way you may have seen something interesting, or even astonishing."
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