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IT has long been a desideratum of mathematicians to discover a formula or method for ascertaining the factors of any proposed number, and also determining whether it be a prime or not. Their endeavours during the twenty centuries that have elapsed since Eratosthenes (B.C. 276–196) made the first recorded attempt to produce a practical rule for the purpose have not been attended with success.
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BUSK, C. To Find the Factors of any Proposed Number. Nature 39, 413–415 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/039413c0
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