Tag Archives: prime number

Sieve of Eratosthenes : A basic implementation

Posted on September 18, 2010 by

An basic implementation to generate prime numbers by the Sieve of Eratosthenes method. Continue reading →

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Generating Twin Primes, Cousin Primes and Sexy Primes

Posted on May 7, 2009 by

A solution to generate twin prime numbers: A twin prime is a set of two prime numbers whose absolute difference is 2. Let p1 and p2 primes such that p2 – p1 = 2, then the set { p1 , p2 } are twin primes. Continue reading →

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