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Update section 17.5 (Utility Functions) of arith.txi
author | Rik <rdrider0-list@yahoo.com> |
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date | Fri, 01 May 2009 10:06:16 -0700 |
parents | c1fff751b5a8 |
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--- a/scripts/specfun/primes.m +++ b/scripts/specfun/primes.m @@ -23,10 +23,17 @@ ## ## The algorithm used is the Sieve of Erastothenes. ## -## Note that if you need a specific number of primes, you can use the -## fact the distance from one prime to the next is on average -## proportional to the logarithm of the prime. Integrating, you find -## that there are about @math{k} primes less than @math{k \log (5 k)}. +## Note that if you need a specific number of primes you can use the +## fact the distance from one prime to the next is, on average, +## proportional to the logarithm of the prime. Integrating, one finds +## that there are about @math{k} primes less than +## @tex +## $k \log (5 k)$. +## @end tex +## @ifnottex +## k*log(5*k). +## @end ifnottex +## @seealso{list_primes, isprime} ## @end deftypefn ## Author: Paul Kienzle