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Prime real estate (Posted on 2003-12-24)

What is the sum of the reciprocals of all prime numbers? (i.e. 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/5 + 1/7...)

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(In reply to None by DJ)

A nice reference (with Euler's proof) is Hua's Introduction to Number Theory. See also Proofs from the Book.

Posted by Richard on 2003-12-24 13:47:41

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