Tapia Moore, ErnestoTapia Yañez, José2016-09-202016-09-202016-09-20GECONTEC: Revista Internacional de Gestión del Conocimiento y la Tecnología2255-5684http://hdl.handle.net/10433/2777Based on an arithmetical and autocatalytic approach, the authors propose a solution for the occurrence of prime numbers. Exact arithmetical calculations are provided for: the closest prime to any given positive integer (or any number of bigger or smaller primes from that integer); the quantity of prime (and composite) numbers between 1 and any positive integer; the quantity of prime (and composite) numbers between any two positive integers.enCopyright (c) 2016 GECONTEC: Revista Internacional de Gestión del Conocimiento y la TecnologíaOccurrence of prime numbersoccurrence of composite numbersautocatalysisactivator-inhibitor systems2016-09-20