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The first 50 million prime numbers

Article by Don Zagier
  • 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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Thefirst50millionprimenumbers
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2026-04-10
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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}
}