Usually means: Algorithm for finding prime numbers.
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▸ noun:  (mathematics) An ancient algorithm for finding prime numbers that works by discarding multiples from a list of potential primes.

Similar:
sieve theory, Selberg sieve, Brun sieve, Eisenstein prime, semiprime, Siegel-Walfisz theorem, sieve number, trial division, Shor's algorithm, Euclidean algorithm, more...

Opposite:
prime number sieve

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Similar:
sieve theory, Selberg sieve, Brun sieve, Eisenstein prime, semiprime, Siegel-Walfisz theorem, sieve number, trial division, Shor's algorithm, Euclidean algorithm, more...

Opposite:
prime number sieve



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