Things to Learn

  • Apply polynomial identities to the detection of prime numbers.

F. Y. I.

A Little British Humor

Mathematicians have tried for centuries to find a formula that always yields a prime number but have been unsuccessful in their quest. The search for large prime numbers and a formula that will generate all the prime numbers has provided fertile ground for work in number theory. The mathematician Pierre de Fermat (1601–1665, France) applied the difference of two squares identity to factor very large integers as the product of two prime numbers.

Composite or Prime

The Power of Proof

Exercise and Practice

Prove the Prime