#5130: [with patch; needs work] create a prime_pi function that doesn't just
compute len(prime_range(n))
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Reporter: was | Owner: was
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-3.3
Component: number theory | Resolution:
Keywords: |
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Comment (by rohana):
The algorithm used is Legendre's formula, it has been around for quite a
while, so there are many references on it. I used as a reference Hans
Riesel's Prime "Numbers and Computer Methods for Factorization".
--Andrew
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/5130#comment:5>
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