English Title

A more general method by which all adequately large numbers may be scrutinized for whether or not they are prime

Authors

Leonhard Euler

Enestrom Number

719

Fuss Index

22

Original Language

Latin

Content Summary

This is similar to E718, using idoneal numbers to find large primes. This time, Euler gets 11,866,009 and 18,518,809.

Published as

Journal article

Published Date

1805

Written Date

1778

Original Source Citation

Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae, Volume 14, pp. 11-51.

Opera Omnia Citation

Series 1, Volume 4, pp.360-394.

Record Created

2018-09-25

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