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There are infinitely many primes.
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There is no upper limit to the quantity of primes, but there is no known formula for deriving the nth prime.  
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There are infinitely many primes. The only [[even]] prime number is 2.   
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The only [[even]] prime number is 2.   
      
==Sieve of Eratosthenes==
 
==Sieve of Eratosthenes==
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Most mathematicians believe a proof of the [[Riemann hypothesis]] is the best hope for discovering some pattern in the distribution of prime numbers.  ''The Clay Mathematics Institute'' has offered a one million dollar prize for a proof of the Riemann hypothesis.<ref>http://www.claymath.org/millennium/Riemann_Hypothesis/</ref>
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The [[Riemann hypothesis]] is related to patterns in the distribution of prime numbers.  ''The Clay Mathematics Institute'' has offered a one million dollar prize for a proof of the Riemann hypothesis.<ref>http://www.claymath.org/millennium/Riemann_Hypothesis/</ref>
    
==Cryptography==
 
==Cryptography==

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