hi, i was wondering if there is a prime number fomula.
My task is for 2 given numbers, to write all prime numbers between them.
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 01:40 AM
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 01:58 AM
Check this link http://www.cplusplus...m/general/1125/
It is written in C++ but you should get the logic for getting prime numbers
It is written in C++ but you should get the logic for getting prime numbers
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 02:04 AM
yes, i knew that, but i thought there was a formula.
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 02:34 AM
There is no formula. Just checking solutions for each number.
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 05:37 AM
There is more a brute force approach that involves checking divisibility of all numbers < the number to check up to the square root. There is another approach using the Sieve of Eratosthenes... have a look it's a lot more efficient (timewise) than the naive approach.
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 06:13 AM
You actually only have to check divisibility of the prime numbers up to the square root.
If you want to simplify the algorithm, check only odd numbers as an even number (besides 2) can not be a prime number.
If you want to simplify the algorithm, check only odd numbers as an even number (besides 2) can not be a prime number.
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 06:33 AM
There are lots of algorithm to fast find prime numbers. For example:
And there are still other algorithms available for testing. See them here. But many agree that the fastest algorithm is the Sieve of Atkin. However for small range I don't think it will give significant increase of speed.
And there are still other algorithms available for testing. See them here. But many agree that the fastest algorithm is the Sieve of Atkin. However for small range I don't think it will give significant increase of speed.
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 05:51 PM
There are some formulas that are guaranteed to generate prime numbers, but not all. There are also primality tests that will determine with high accuracy whether a number is prime or composite. In general, however, there is no formula for them.
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 06:09 PM
Cool, didn't know that. I found this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_for_primes
Look at the recurrence relation. The article claims that the sequence contains only primes and 1s. It linked to a proof which I haven't looked at but assuming this is true then you can use the reccurence to generate so many numbers and put them into a set. Put the numbers into a set and remove 1 from that set to get a set of primes.
This is neat - though it doesn't appear useful if you want all prime numbers up to some number n.
Look at the recurrence relation. The article claims that the sequence contains only primes and 1s. It linked to a proof which I haven't looked at but assuming this is true then you can use the reccurence to generate so many numbers and put them into a set. Put the numbers into a set and remove 1 from that set to get a set of primes.
This is neat - though it doesn't appear useful if you want all prime numbers up to some number n.
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