The theory of numbers, by Robert D. Carmichael ...

ELEMENTARY PROPERTIES OF INTEGERS 29 about prime numbers which no one has been able to solve. Some of the simplest of these are the following: I. Is there an infinite number of pairs of primes differing by 2? 2. Is every even number (other than 2) the sum of two primes or the sum of a prime and the unit? 3. Is every even number the difference of two primes or the difference of I and a prime number? 4. To find a prime number greater than a given prime. 5. To find the prime number which follows a given prime. 6. To find the number of primes not greater than a given number. 7. To compute directly the nth prime number, when n is given.

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The theory of numbers, by Robert D. Carmichael ...
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Carmichael, Robert Daniel, 1879-
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New York,: J. Wiley & sons, inc.; [etc., etc.]
1914.
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Number theory.

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