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101.02 A (doubly) elementary formula for prime numbers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2017

Yannick Saouter
Yannick Saouter*
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Department of Electrical Engineering, Telecom Bretagne, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, 29238 Brest Cédex 3, France e-mail: Yannick.Saouter@telecom-bretagne.eu
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 101 , Issue 550 , March 2017 , pp. 93 - 95
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