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THE probability that a number chosen at random is divisible by p is and consequently that it is not so divisible is On simple probability considerations, that is, provided that these probabilities are independent of one another, the chance that a number is simultaneously not divisible by a group of primes is therefore Hence the probability that a number in the neighbourhood of N2 is prime should be where p runs through the gamut of the primes from 2 to pN the largest prime less than N. This product has the value where γ is Euler's constant.
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CHERWELL Number of Primes and Probability Considerations. Nature 148, 436 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148436a0
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