Prime number: Revision history

30 August 2014

• curprev 10:2710:27, 30 August 2014‎ imported>Andres Luure‎ 18,279 bytes +18,279‎ →‎Primes and factorization

13 September 2013

• curprev 12:2212:22, 13 September 2013‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 18,271 bytes 0‎ moved Prime number/Draft to Prime number: citable version policy

1 December 2008

• curprev 12:2912:29, 1 December 2008‎ imported>Michael Hardy‎ m 18,271 bytes −8‎ →‎Distribution of prime numbers: punctuation

27 November 2008

• curprev 16:2316:23, 27 November 2008‎ imported>Barry R. Smith‎ 18,269 bytes +4‎ fix Fermat prime
• curprev 16:1216:12, 27 November 2008‎ imported>Barry R. Smith‎ m 18,265 bytes −14‎ which -> that
• curprev 16:1116:11, 27 November 2008‎ imported>Barry R. Smith‎ m 18,270 bytes −9‎ sketchy grammar fix
• curprev 16:0816:08, 27 November 2008‎ imported>Barry R. Smith‎ m 18,279 bytes −5‎ style: avoid "any"; use "that", not "which"

31 October 2008

• curprev 02:4102:41, 31 October 2008‎ imported>Richard Pinch‎ 18,284 bytes +18,284‎ →‎Alternative definition: fix link, still red though

18 May 2008

• curprev 23:4723:47, 18 May 2008‎ imported>Barry R. Smith‎ 18,284 bytes −410‎ remove "too advanced" statement about units

10 April 2008

• curprev 18:4818:48, 10 April 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 18,694 bytes +1‎ singular it is then
• curprev 18:4518:45, 10 April 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 18,693 bytes −2‎ →‎Primes and factorization: Actually, I wanted the singular - RSA is the only public-key crypto-system I know of which depends on factorization
• curprev 17:3517:35, 10 April 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 18,695 bytes −1,063‎ →‎Why 1 is not considered a prime: typo
• curprev 17:3317:33, 10 April 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 18,696 bytes −1,062‎ →‎Primes and factorization: presumably intended to be plural
• curprev 16:3816:38, 10 April 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 18,694 bytes +2‎ →‎Primes and factorization: Grammar/order changes to improve flow, readability

4 April 2008

• curprev 11:1111:11, 4 April 2008‎ imported>Barry R. Smith‎ 18,692 bytes −1,066‎ rewrote primes of special forms to be about unsolved problems
• curprev 11:0211:02, 4 April 2008‎ imported>Barry R. Smith‎ m 19,758 bytes +108‎ make style consistent
• curprev 11:0111:01, 4 April 2008‎ imported>Barry R. Smith‎ 19,754 bytes −56‎ removed "it remains unproven" for twin primes--redundant.
• curprev 11:0011:00, 4 April 2008‎ imported>Barry R. Smith‎ 19,775 bytes −35‎ divided sentence introducing 1 section

3 April 2008

• curprev 23:2423:24, 3 April 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 19,782 bytes −28‎ →‎Primes and factorization: rm repeated phrase
• curprev 23:1523:15, 3 April 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 19,810 bytes +160‎ →‎Primes and factorization: Improvement as suggested on talk: page

1 April 2008

• curprev 20:2920:29, 1 April 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 19,650 bytes +3,484‎ →‎Primes and factorization: Only RSA uses factors
• curprev 20:1320:13, 1 April 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 19,624 bytes +3,458‎ Tweaks as discussed on talk: page
• curprev 18:1918:19, 1 April 2008‎ imported>Barry R. Smith‎ 18,954 bytes +2,788‎ →‎Primes of special forms
• curprev 18:0518:05, 1 April 2008‎ imported>Barry R. Smith‎ 18,666 bytes +2,500‎ added primes in arithmetic progressions
• curprev 12:4512:45, 1 April 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 18,025 bytes +1,859‎ OK, try this (there are a few hidden comments which you have to edit to see)
• curprev 08:1008:10, 1 April 2008‎ imported>Jitse Niesen‎ 16,166 bytes +1,980‎ add "greater than 1" to first sentence, see talk

29 March 2008

• curprev 20:4320:43, 29 March 2008‎ imported>Barry R. Smith‎ 16,160 bytes +1,974‎ rewrote first sentence re: comments on talk page

13 January 2008

• curprev 23:2723:27, 13 January 2008‎ imported>D. Matt Innis‎ 16,152 bytes +244‎ No edit summary

8 January 2008

• curprev 20:4720:47, 8 January 2008‎ imported>Harald Helfgott‎ 16,196 bytes −88‎ →‎Alternative definition
• curprev 20:4620:46, 8 January 2008‎ imported>Harald Helfgott‎ 16,189 bytes −95‎ →‎Alternative definition
• curprev 20:4420:44, 8 January 2008‎ imported>Harald Helfgott‎ 16,284 bytes +376‎ →‎Alternative definition

8 November 2007

• curprev 20:4020:40, 8 November 2007‎ imported>Thomas Simmons‎ 15,908 bytes +702‎ No edit summary
• curprev 20:2820:28, 8 November 2007‎ imported>Thomas Simmons‎ 15,394 bytes +188‎ No edit summary
• curprev 20:1920:19, 8 November 2007‎ imported>Thomas Simmons‎ 15,213 bytes +7‎ "by exactly" not quite as clear as "two and only two"
• curprev 14:5514:55, 8 November 2007‎ imported>Harald Helfgott‎ 15,206 bytes +1,020‎ No edit summary
• curprev 14:4914:49, 8 November 2007‎ imported>Harald Helfgott‎ 15,207 bytes +20‎ →‎Alternative definition
• curprev 14:4914:49, 8 November 2007‎ imported>Harald Helfgott‎ 15,187 bytes +13‎ →‎Alternative definition
• curprev 14:4814:48, 8 November 2007‎ imported>Harald Helfgott‎ 15,174 bytes +988‎ →‎Alternative definition

13 August 2007

• curprev 14:5514:55, 13 August 2007‎ imported>Michael Hardy‎ 14,334 bytes +49‎ "that" rather than "which" because the succeeding clause is restrictive

5 August 2007

• curprev 13:2113:21, 5 August 2007‎ imported>Michael Hardy‎ 14,335 bytes −54‎ →‎There are infinitely many primes: "that" rather than "which" because the succeeding clause is restrictive

4 August 2007

• curprev 00:4000:40, 4 August 2007‎ imported>Jitse Niesen‎ 14,389 bytes +49‎ →‎There are infinitely many primes: reformulate, and don't mention ''q'' which is only defined in the footnote

3 August 2007

• curprev 18:1218:12, 3 August 2007‎ imported>Arturo Magidin‎ 14,340 bytes +55‎ a few extra words, as per talk.
• curprev 08:0508:05, 3 August 2007‎ imported>Jitse Niesen‎ 14,285 bytes +114‎ move {{ToApprove}} tag to talk page per CZ:Approval Process
• curprev 04:5404:54, 3 August 2007‎ imported>Jitse Niesen‎ 14,519 bytes 0‎ add two days to approval date to allow for discussion of Arturo's remark

31 July 2007

• curprev 18:1318:13, 31 July 2007‎ imported>Michael Hardy‎ 14,519 bytes +348‎ No edit summary
• curprev 18:1318:13, 31 July 2007‎ imported>Michael Hardy‎ 14,529 bytes +288‎ Nomination for approval. This corrects an error now in the approved version; see the talk page.
• curprev 17:5417:54, 31 July 2007‎ imported>Michael Hardy‎ 14,285 bytes +29‎ →‎Alternative definition
• curprev 17:5317:53, 31 July 2007‎ imported>Michael Hardy‎ m 14,256 bytes 0‎ →‎Primes of special forms: punctuation
• curprev 17:5117:51, 31 July 2007‎ imported>Michael Hardy‎ m 14,256 bytes +15‎ →‎Distribution of prime numbers
• curprev 17:5017:50, 31 July 2007‎ imported>Michael Hardy‎ m 14,241 bytes −17‎ →‎Distribution of prime numbers
• curprev 17:4617:46, 31 July 2007‎ imported>Michael Hardy‎ 14,228 bytes −30‎ If it were, e.g., topology, I'd consider it important to provide the lay reader with this information, but in this case it's too obvious.
• curprev 17:4317:43, 31 July 2007‎ imported>Michael Hardy‎ 14,258 bytes 0‎ One of these commas actually appeared on the following line on my browser. That's one of the hazards of "inline" use of TeX.
• curprev 17:4217:42, 31 July 2007‎ imported>Michael Hardy‎ 14,258 bytes +87‎ link
• curprev 17:2217:22, 31 July 2007‎ imported>Michael Hardy‎ 14,227 bytes +56‎ →‎There are infinitely many primes: rephrased in a somewhat less negative way

16 May 2007

• curprev 05:0205:02, 16 May 2007‎ imported>Jitse Niesen‎ 14,171 bytes −15‎ move "whole" and remove "in particular" in first paragraph, see talk

12 May 2007

• curprev 19:2119:21, 12 May 2007‎ imported>Catherine Woodgold‎ 14,186 bytes +14,186‎ →‎There are infinitely many primes: "on the one hand" seems to be the more common form of this idiom
• curprev 08:3508:35, 12 May 2007‎ imported>Catherine Woodgold‎ 14,182 bytes +13‎ →‎There are infinitely many primes: At least have the whole formula in the same font. I'd prefer not scriptstyle but OK.
• curprev 08:0508:05, 12 May 2007‎ imported>Jitse Niesen‎ 14,207 bytes +38‎ →‎There are infinitely many primes: edit suggested by User:Catherine Woodgold on talk page: don't mention "proof by contradiction"

10 May 2007

• curprev 16:0716:07, 10 May 2007‎ imported>Greg Martin‎ m 14,197 bytes +28‎ →‎There are infinitely many primes: N has at least one divisor ''greater than 1''

9 May 2007

• curprev 09:4309:43, 9 May 2007‎ imported>Jitse Niesen‎ 14,169 bytes −16‎ →‎There are infinitely many primes: reorder text in footnote, see talk
• curprev 07:2007:20, 9 May 2007‎ imported>Catherine Woodgold‎ 14,185 bytes +806‎ →‎There are infinitely many primes: Fixing broken math tag
• curprev 07:1907:19, 9 May 2007‎ imported>Catherine Woodgold‎ 14,184 bytes +805‎ →‎There are infinitely many primes: Expanding the proof in a footnote
• curprev 07:1107:11, 9 May 2007‎ imported>Catherine Woodgold‎ 13,788 bytes −124‎ →‎There are infinitely many primes: Inserting the concise version of this part of proof. See talk.

8 May 2007

• curprev 20:5720:57, 8 May 2007‎ imported>Jitse Niesen‎ m 13,912 bytes −4‎ grammar
• curprev 20:3520:35, 8 May 2007‎ imported>Larry Sanger‎ 13,916 bytes +42‎ + Category:Mathematics Workgroup Draft
• curprev 20:3320:33, 8 May 2007‎ imported>Michael Hardy‎ 13,874 bytes +80‎ This "commonly believed" assertion seems arbitrary; I'm deleting it. Adding Euler's result on the sum of reciprocals of primes. Copy edits.
• curprev 19:4919:49, 8 May 2007‎ imported>Michael Hardy‎ 13,794 bytes +288‎ changing most cases of "inline" TeX to \scriptstyle so they don't look comically gigantic
• curprev 17:1517:15, 8 May 2007‎ imported>Greg Woodhouse‎ 13,506 bytes +127‎ There are infinitely many primes - corrected text
• curprev 15:4615:46, 8 May 2007‎ imported>Michael Hardy‎ m 13,734 bytes +1‎ missing punctuation supplied
• curprev 08:1608:16, 8 May 2007‎ imported>Greg Woodhouse‎ 13,733 bytes +354‎ finding at least one factorization
• curprev 07:1907:19, 8 May 2007‎ imported>Catherine Woodgold‎ 13,379 bytes −17‎ →‎There are infinitely many primes: A concise way of completing the proof without referring to another page.

7 May 2007

• curprev 00:2000:20, 7 May 2007‎ imported>Greg Martin‎ m 13,396 bytes +13,396‎ →‎There are infinitely many primes: perhaps a better wording of the previous "nonsense"

6 May 2007

• curprev 20:0920:09, 6 May 2007‎ imported>David Tribe‎ m 13,365 bytes +5‎ No edit summary
• curprev 20:0920:09, 6 May 2007‎ imported>David Tribe‎ 13,360 bytes +51‎ see approved at top
• curprev 20:0720:07, 6 May 2007‎ imported>David Tribe‎ 13,309 bytes +13,309‎ Creating draft from latest (unapproved edit with deletion by Hardy and comments about nonsense in history log