Formula to predict primes

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Am I wrong in saying that every conceivable simple formula has been tried and checked in trying to use complex numbers to predict the location of prime numbers on the real number line?

Because if so, then that would mean time is better spent on thinking about the problem in the context of wave equations and Herbert space rather than tricksy math identities.