Arithmetic Quote by Marcus du Sautoy

“For example, to a mathematician, the number 28 is really 2×2×7, which is known as the prime decomposition of 28. Prime numbers are, in…

— Matt Parker

The primes are the raw material out of which we have to build arithmetic, and Euclid's theorem assures us that we have plenty of…

— G. H. Hardy

Primes are the important main ingredient of numbers, for every number is either a prime or a product of primes.

— Shakuntala Devi

A prime number is one (which is) measured by a unit alone.

— Euclid

The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of…

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 is the next prime after 8.

— Charlie Chaplin

The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of…

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

Why add prime numbers? Prime numbers are made to be multiplied, not added.

— Lev Landau

3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime. According to some ancient manuscripts 9 is not a prime number, but beyond the distant…

— Christopher Columbus

Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very…

— Mark Haddon

“I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all…

— Mark Haddon

“The rule for working out prime numbers is very simple, but no one has ever worked out a simple formula for telling you whether…

— Mark Haddon