class Prime::EratosthenesSieve
Internal use. An implementation of Eratosthenes' sieve
Public Class Methods
new()
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# File lib/prime.rb, line 425 def initialize @primes = [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101] # @max_checked must be an even number @max_checked = @primes.last + 1 end
Public Instance Methods
get_nth_prime(n)
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# File lib/prime.rb, line 431 def get_nth_prime(n) compute_primes while @primes.size <= n @primes[n] end
Private Instance Methods
compute_primes()
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# File lib/prime.rb, line 437 def compute_primes # max_segment_size must be an even number max_segment_size = 1e6.to_i max_cached_prime = @primes.last # do not double count primes if #compute_primes is interrupted # by Timeout.timeout @max_checked = max_cached_prime + 1 if max_cached_prime > @max_checked segment_min = @max_checked segment_max = [segment_min + max_segment_size, max_cached_prime * 2].min root = Integer.sqrt(segment_max) segment = ((segment_min + 1) .. segment_max).step(2).to_a (1..Float::INFINITY).each do |sieving| prime = @primes[sieving] break if prime > root composite_index = (-(segment_min + 1 + prime) / 2) % prime while composite_index < segment.size do segment[composite_index] = nil composite_index += prime end end @primes.concat(segment.compact!) @max_checked = segment_max end