Mathematicians have tried in vain to this day to discover some order in the sequence of prime numbers, and we have reason to believe that it is a mystery into which the human mind will never penetrate.
Meaning of the quote
Prime numbers are special whole numbers that can only be divided by 1 and themselves. Mathematicians have been trying for a long time to find a pattern or order in the way prime numbers appear, but they haven't been able to do it. Scientists think that the way prime numbers are arranged is a mystery that humans may never be able to fully understand.
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