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prime number calculators

successive primes starting from 

of  digits 
The Prime Pages

Eratosthenes' Sieve
Remove multiples of selected numbers from a 1-400 number square.

interactive number grid

lucky numbers - Ivars Peterson
A different type of sieve gives the lucky numbers which share many properties with prime numbers.

Why is 1 not considered prime?

Formulas for Primes - Cut The Knot
These formulas work until ...

Prime Curios
collection of curiosities, wonders and trivia related to prime numbers

The Perfect Number Journey (6, 28, ...)
An integer is perfect if it equals the sum of its divisors (excluding itself). Read about the connection between perfect numbers and Mersenne primes.

Goldbach Calculator - WWW Interactive Server
The famous Goldbach conjecture states that any even number larger than 2 is the sum of two prime numbers. Enter an even number into the calculator and receive a list of such sums.

The Prime Puzzles and Problems Connection
solutions available

history of prime numbers - MacTutor History Archive

GIMPS Home Page
The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search

Pulchritudinous Primes - Adrian Leatherland
visualising the distribution of prime numbers

prime numbers - collection of links - Jill Britton