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エラトステネスの篩 (eratosutenesunofurui) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

エラトステネスの篩ふるい

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Meanings

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Sieve of Eratosthenes

A classic algorithm for finding all prime numbers up to a given limit by iteratively marking multiples of each prime.

エラトステネスの篩ふるいは、古こ代だいギリシャの数すう学がく者しゃエラトステネスが考こう案あんした素そ数

すう

を

見み

つける

方ほう

法ほう

です

。

The Sieve of Eratosthenes is a method for finding prime numbers devised by the ancient Greek mathematician Eratosthenes.

プログラミングの授じゅ業ぎょうでエラトステネスの篩ふるいを実じっ装そうした。

I implemented the Sieve of Eratosthenes in my programming class.

Kanji

篩sieve, sift, screen

Related words

素そ数すう
素数 is the general term for 'prime number', while エラトステネスの篩 specifically refers to the algorithm for finding primes.

Etymology

From the name of the ancient Greek mathematician Eratosthenes (エラトステネス) and 篩 (ふるい, 'sieve'). The term is a direct translation of the English 'Sieve of Eratosthenes'.