To Find the Factors of any Proposed Number
Abstract
IT has long been a desideratum of mathematicians to discover a formula or method for ascertaining the factors of any proposed number, and also determining whether it be a prime or not. Their endeavours during the twenty centuries that have elapsed since Eratosthenes (B.C. 276-196) made the first recorded attempt to produce a practical rule for the purpose have not been attended with success.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- February 1889
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1889Natur..39..413B