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IT is well known that no algebraical formula can represent prime numbers only, and that primes can only be found by trials (which may be facilitated by algebraical processes). If the mth prime number, counting from unity, be denoted by n, and if n is plotted in terms of m, it will be found that n is very approximately represented by a formula of the type Amp (A = 3.15, p = 1.133, are close to the values of the constants).
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MALLOCK, A. Question Relating to Prime Numbers. Nature 103, 305 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/103305a0
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