Luigi Poletti
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Luigi Poletti was an Italian
mathematician and poet. He was born in Pontremoli
, where he also died, aged 103 (103 is a prime number !, his main field of research were prime numbers). His mathematical studies have been related to the expansion of the table of prime number
s, using a variant of the Sieve of Eratosthenes
that he called Neocribrum.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
mathematician and poet. He was born in Pontremoli
Pontremoli
Pontremoli is a small city, comune and bishop's see in the province of Massa-Carrara, Tuscany, Italy. Literally translated, "Pontremoli" derives from "Trembling Bridge" , with the commune having been named after a prominent bridge across the Magra.Pontremoli is situated in the upper...
, where he also died, aged 103 (103 is a prime number !, his main field of research were prime numbers). His mathematical studies have been related to the expansion of the table of prime number
Prime number
A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself. A natural number greater than 1 that is not a prime number is called a composite number. For example 5 is prime, as only 1 and 5 divide it, whereas 6 is composite, since it has the divisors 2...
s, using a variant of the Sieve of Eratosthenes
Sieve of Eratosthenes
In mathematics, the sieve of Eratosthenes , one of a number of prime number sieves, is a simple, ancient algorithm for finding all prime numbers up to a specified integer....
that he called Neocribrum.