The first 50 million prime numbers
- Published in 1977
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I would like to tell you today about a subject which, although I have not worked in it myself, has always extraordinarily captivated me, and which has fascinated mathematicians from the earliest times until the present - namely, the question of the distribution of prime numbers.
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- 1977-04-10
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@article{Thefirst50millionprimenumbers,
key = {Thefirst50millionprimenumbers},
type = {article},
title = {The first 50 million prime numbers},
author = {Don Zagier},
abstract = {I would like to tell you today about a subject which, although I have not worked in it myself, has always extraordinarily captivated me, and which has fascinated mathematicians from the earliest times until the present - namely, the question of the distribution of prime numbers.},
comment = {},
date_added = {2026-04-10},
date_published = {1977-04-10},
urls = {https://people.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/zagier/files/doi/10.1007/BF03039306/fulltext.pdf},
collections = {fun-maths-facts,integerology},
url = {https://people.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/zagier/files/doi/10.1007/BF03039306/fulltext.pdf},
year = 1977,
urldate = {2026-04-10}
}