As to our knowledge of the series of the prime numbers themselves, the advance since the time of Euler has been great, if we think of the difficulty of the problem; but very small if we compare what has been done with what still remains to do.


In: J.W.L. Glaisher, The Collected Mathematical Papers of Henry John Stephen Smith, Chapter XXXI (p. 177)

Henry John Stephen Smith Quotes

As to our knowledge of the series of the prime numbers themselves, the advance since the time of Euler has been great, if we think of the difficulty...

As to our knowledge of the series of the prime numbers themselves, the advance since the time of Euler has been great, if we think of the difficulty...

As to our knowledge of the series of the prime numbers themselves, the advance since the time of Euler has been great, if we think of the difficulty...

As to our knowledge of the series of the prime numbers themselves, the advance since the time of Euler has been great, if we think of the difficulty...