Prime Time
2018-08-28 07:10:06
Prime numbers are the true stars of mathematics.
Since ancient times up until today, mathematicians have spent a vast amount of time and energy studying them. Why all the fuss and hype?
Prime numbers are the true stars of mathematics.
Since ancient times up until today, mathematicians have spent a vast amount of time and energy studying them. Why all the fuss and hype?
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Before the advent of calculators and computers in complex mathematical calculations, the raising of numbers to a certain power or taking a square root required special book-tables, which were called logarithms.
Statistics have shown that in the 18th century, during the time of the smallpox epidemic, milkmaids who had previously caught cowpox were less likely to get smallpox. As a result of this observation, the smallpox vaccine was created.