Mathematics / Science And Math

Panning For Primes With the Sieve of Eratosthenes

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve. ~Kahlil Gibran I know that last time I promised to talk more about quantum mechanics. Unfortunately, finals hit me with all the force of a great typhoon; I don’t feel like I have the time to write an article on quantum I’d be happy with. So here’s some filler on prime numbers. Our regular programming returns next week. A prime number is a counting number that is greater than one and only divisible by one and itself. For example, 2