sieve of Eratosthenes
English
Proper noun
sieve
of
Eratosthenes
(
mathematics
)
An ancient
algorithm
for finding
prime numbers
that works by discarding
multiples
from a list of potential primes.
Translations
ancient algorithm
French:
crible d'Ératosthène
m
German:
Sieb des Eratosthenes
n
Hungarian:
eratoszthenészi szita
Icelandic:
sáldur Eratosþenesar
n
,
sigti Eratosþenesar
n
Polish:
sito Eratostenesa
n
Russian:
решето́ Эратосфена
(
rešetó Eratosfena
)