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Legendre's conjecture

Legendre's conjecture proper noun: a conjecture stating that there is a prime number between n² and (n+1)² for every positive integer n.

Proper noun

Legendre's conjecture

  1. A conjecture stating that there is a prime number between n² and (n+1)² for every positive integer n.

Origin of Legendre's conjecture

Proposed by Adrien-Marie Legendre.

Questions about Legendre's conjecture

What does Legendre's conjecture mean?
Legendre's conjecture means a conjecture stating that there is a prime number between n² and (n+1)² for every positive integer n.
What part of speech is Legendre's conjecture?
Legendre's conjecture is a proper noun.

Words near Legendre's conjecture in the dictionary

  1. Legendre polynomials
  2. Legendre symbol
  3. Legendre symbols
  4. Legendre transformation
  5. Legendre transformations
  6. Legendre's conjecture
  7. Legendre's constant
  8. Legendre's differential equation
  9. Legendres
  10. legendrian
  11. legendrians

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