Legendre's conjecture
English
Etymology
Proposed by
Adrien-Marie Legendre
.
Proper noun
Legendre
's
conjecture
(
number theory
)
A
conjecture
stating that there is a
prime number
between
n
2
{\displaystyle n^{2}}
and
(
n
+
1
)
2
{\displaystyle (n+1)^{2}}
for every
positive
integer
n
{\displaystyle n}
.