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Who developed the method of finding prime numbers by eliminating composite numbers from a list?

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Question

Who developed the method of finding prime numbers by eliminating composite numbers from a list?

Options

  •  Pythagoras

  • Archimedes

  • Eratosthenes

  • Euclid

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Solution

Eratosthenes

Explanation:

Eratosthenes, a Greek mathematician in the third century B.C., developed this method for identifying prime numbers by systematically crossing out multiples.

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