Classifications of prime numbers

Classifications of prime numbers





Base independent classifications of prime numbers


Base dependent classifications of prime numbers



The prime numbers (A000040):

{2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 113, 127, ...},

may seem a largely undifferentiated mass, but efforts at classification have yielded a few insights.

See also

• Erdős-Selfridge classification of primes

• User:Charles R Greathouse IV/Tables of special primes
• User:Bill McEachen/Named prime sets