NAME
matho-primes - generate consecutive prime numbers
SYNOPSIS
matho-primes [start [stop]] ["twin"] ["pal" [base]]
matho-primes [-t] [-p base] [start [stop]]
DESCRIPTION
This command line utility is optionally part of the mathomatic(1)
package. It quickly computes any number of consecutive prime numbers
using a windowing, memory efficient sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm,
dumping them to standard output. They are displayed one prime per line
in ascending order, unless the "twin" option is specified, which
displays only twin primes, two primes per line.
Generates up to 18 decimal digit primes, or whatever is the number of
digits of precision for a long double in the C compiler used to compile
this utility.
A range may be specified on the command line, otherwise the starting
number and the number of primes to output is prompted for. The range
is "start" to "stop" inclusive, and "stop" must be greater than or
equal to "start".
If the "-t" or "twin" option is specified on the command line, only
twin primes will be displayed. Twin primes are two primes that differ
in value by 2. Each twin pair is displayed together on the same line
separated by a space character.
If the "-p" or "pal" option is specified on the command line, only
palindromic primes are displayed. Palindromes are symmetrical, they
read exactly the same forward and backward. The palindrome number base
may be specified, the default is base 10. The base can be any integer
greater than 1.
SEE ALSO
mathomatic(1), primorial(1), matho-mult(1), matho-sum(1)
AUTHOR
George Gesslein II (gesslein@linux.com)