Fortunate number numbers are prime. Fortunate number A Fortunate number, named after Reo Fortune, is the smallest integer "m" > 1 such that, for a given positive integer "n", "p"# + "m" is a prime number, where the primorial "p"# is the product of the first "n" prime numbers. For example, to find the seventh Fortunate number, one would first calculate the product of the first seven primes (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 and 17), which is 510510. Adding 2 to that gives another even number, while adding 3 would give another multiple of 3. One would similarly rule out the
Prime number problem. The problem asked for the value of the infinite sum formula_71 which today can be recognized as the value formula_72 of the Riemann zeta function. This function is closely connected to the prime numbers and to one of the most significant unsolved problems in mathematics, the Riemann hypothesis. Euler showed that formula_73. The reciprocal of this number, formula_74, is the limiting probability that two random numbers selected uniformly from a large range are relatively prime (have no factors in common). The distribution of primes in the large, such as the question how many primes are smaller than a given,