Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Prime Number Spreadsheet

I have created a spreadsheet using Google sheets to illustrate the location of prime numbers. The numbers with a yellow background are prime numbers. Two yellow numbers 1n the same row indicates twin primes. The non-primes will remain with the same white background, but the column labeled "composite test" will illustrate the reason why the number is not a prime using the prime number test, as explained on the post, "Prime Number Test." I will update the table as much as possible. You can view the table using the link provided:


The square primes are in bold because it introduces a new number to test for primality. It will also show the squaring of primes will always be located on the "6x+1" column. 

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