I'm an undergraduate who is studying for determination of prime number with my academic advisor. Before I meet her, I want to prepare more hardly. So, I'd like to ask you some questions that I'm most curious about.
- In number theory sense, are the terminologies 'primorial' and 'primality' used? (primorial is the product prime numbers $p_1 p_2 \cdots p_n$ where $p_i$ is the $i-$th prime number.)
If I can use the terminology primality, my study is about the condition when given integer is prime number. I'm reading some books:
[1] G.H. Hardy and E.M. Wright, An introduction to the theory of numbers, 6th edn., Oxford University Press, 2008.
[2] J.V. Uspensky and M.A. Heaslet, Elementary Number Theory, New York: McGraw Hill, 1939.
[3] W. Narkiewicz, The Development of Prime Number Theory, New York: Springer-Verlag, 2000.
- About reference, I could only find papers in computer science. But I want to read the papers in number theory. How can I find? Or, is there any recommended paper or book?
Thanks.
Question 1: Yes, primorial is used, see wikipedia. And also yes, primality is used, but prime element or prime number is used more often, see wikipedia.
Question 2: The literature given is excellent and not from computer science. To search for papers makes more sense when you have a more specific topic, e.g., the prime number theorem, or the Riemann hypothesis and so on.
Question 3: "How can I find it?" You can always search yourself with key words. I obtain $ 28 600 000$ search hits for "Prime Number Theorem". Usually the first $10$ hits are already quite helpful.