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Formula for the Nth Prime Number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

James P. Jones
James P. Jones*
Affiliation:
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
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In this note we give a simple formula for the nth prime number. Let pn denote the nth prime number (p1=2, p2 = 3, etc.). We shall show that pn is given by the following formula.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , August 1975 , pp. 433 - 434
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1975

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