Sieves of eratosthenes

Hugh Nicol

doi:10.1038/166565b0

Sieves of eratosthenes

Hugh Nicol^*

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South & West Faculty

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THE sieve of Eratosthenes has been used mainly for the determination of prime numbers - a function now presumably archaic. Sieves have other uses, including the finding of primes in arithmetical progression.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	565-566
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	166
Issue number	4222
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/166565b0
Publication status	Print publication - 1 Dec 1950

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