'The Mystery of the Prime Numbers', Secrets of Creation vol. 1 by Matthew Watkins


prime numbers: FAQ and resources

Frequently asked questions about prime numbers:


further resources






List of the first 1000 primes

List of the first 10,000 primes

List of the first 100,000 primes

the distribution of prime numbers (elementary, visually-oriented presentation)

the Sieve of Eratosthenes (for kids of all ages)

quotations about the mysterious qualities of the prime distribution

Chris Caldwell's Prime Pages

the prime number theorem (proof outline and additional notes)

the Riemann Hypothesis FAQ and resources

Riemann's zeta function resources

D. Rockmore, "Chance in the Primes" [part 1]  [part 2]  [part 3]
This excellent and thorough article is intended as a commentary to supplement the first half of a popular talk on the Riemann Hypothesis given by Peter Sarnak at a 1998 MSRI conference (a video recording of which is available here).

how the complex zeros of Riemann's zeta function "encode" the distribution of primes

the functional equation of the Riemann zeta function and related issues

D. Bump's lecture notes on the distribution of the Riemann zeta function's nontrivial zeros

summary of Ilan Vardi's (excellent) "Introduction to Analytic Number Theory"



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