Prime Number Quote by Matt Parker

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

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

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

— Shakuntala Devi

Primes are the atoms of the arithmetic - the hydrogen and oxygen of the world of numbers

— Marcus du Sautoy

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

3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, and 7 is a prime. Why bother with non-prime numbers when the primes can do everything?

— William of Ockham

“317 is a prime, not because we think so, or because our minds are shaped in one way rather than another, but because it…

— Anonymous

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

— Charlie Chaplin

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

— Euclid

“Technical speaking one is a beautiful number. One is its own factorial, its own square, its own cube. It is neither a prime number…

— Michelle Richmond

“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

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