Lehmer sieve

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Lehmer sieve

Summary

Lehmer sieve is a mechanical calculator[1]. It draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (mechanical_calculator category, ranking #8 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lehmer sieve's field of work was number theory[3].
  • Lehmer sieve is the creator of Derrick Norman Lehmer[4].
  • Lehmer sieve's image is recorded as Computer History Museum (2664734441).jpg[5].
  • Lehmer sieve's instance of is recorded as mechanical calculator[6].
  • Lehmer sieve's instance of is recorded as calculation[7].
  • Derrick Norman Lehmer is named after Lehmer sieve[8].
  • Lehmer sieve's has use is recorded as prime number[9].
  • Lehmer sieve's Commons category is recorded as Lehmer sieves[10].
  • Lehmer sieve's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • +1926-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Lehmer sieve[12].
  • Lehmer sieve's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wxlpy[13].
  • Lehmer sieve's defining formula is recorded as 2^{93} + 1 = 3 \times 3 \times 529510939 \times 715827883 \times 2903110321[14].
  • Lehmer sieve's location of first performance is recorded as University of California, Berkeley[15].
  • Lehmer sieve's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[16].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include mechanical calculator[6] and calculation[7].

History and Context

+1926-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Lehmer sieve[12]. Derrick Norman Lehmer is named after it[8].

Why It Matters

Lehmer sieve draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (mechanical_calculator category, ranking #8 of 7).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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