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Built-in Functions

Mathematical Functions

Number Theory

Prime

Usage

• Prime[n] gives the n prime number.

Notes

• Prime[1] is 2.

• On most computer systems, Prime[n] for n up to

can be obtained quite quickly.

• See Section 3.2.5.

• Implementation notes: see Section A.9.4.

• See also: FactorInteger, PrimeQ, PrimePi, Primes.

• Related package: NumberTheory`NumberTheoryFunctions`.

• New in Version 1.

Further Examples

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