package Others; import java.util.Arrays; /** * Sieve of Eratosthenes is an ancient algorithm for finding all prime numbers up to any given limit. * It does so by iteratively marking as composite (i.e., not prime) the multiples of each prime, * starting with the first prime number, 2. * The multiples of a given prime are generated as a sequence of numbers starting from that prime, * with constant difference between them that is equal to that prime. * This is the sieve's key distinction from using trial division to sequentially test each * candidate number for divisibility by each prime. * Once all the multiples of each discovered prime have been marked as composites, the remaining * unmarked numbers are primes. *

* Poetry about Sieve of Eratosthenes: *

Sift the Two's and Sift the Three's:

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The Sieve of Eratosthenes.

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When the multiples sublime,

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The numbers that remain are Prime.

* * @see Wiki */ public class SieveOfEratosthenes { /** * @param n The number till which we have to check for prime Prints all the prime numbers till n. * Should be more than 1. * @return array of all prime numbers between 0 to n */ public static int[] findPrimesTill(int n) { // Create array where index is number and value is flag - is that number a prime or not. // size of array is n + 1 cause in Java array indexes starts with 0 Type[] numbers = new Type[n + 1]; // Start with assumption that all numbers except 0 and 1 are primes. Arrays.fill(numbers, Type.PRIME); numbers[0] = numbers[1] = Type.NOT_PRIME; double cap = Math.sqrt(n); // Main algorithm: mark all numbers which are multiples of some other values as not prime for (int i = 2; i <= cap; i++) { if (numbers[i] == Type.PRIME) { for (int j = 2; i * j <= n; j++) { numbers[i * j] = Type.NOT_PRIME; } } } //Write all primes to result array int primesCount = (int) Arrays.stream(numbers) .filter(element -> element == Type.PRIME) .count(); int[] primes = new int[primesCount]; int primeIndex = 0; for (int i = 0; i < n + 1; i++) { if(numbers[i] == Type.PRIME) { primes[primeIndex++] = i; } } return primes; } private enum Type { PRIME, NOT_PRIME } public static void main(String[] args) { int n = 100; System.out.println("Searching for all primes from zero to " + n); int[] primes = findPrimesTill(n); System.out.println("Found: " + Arrays.toString(primes)); } }