Sophie: mathomatic-0:15.7.2-1mdv2010.2 i586

mathomatic-15.7.2-1mdv2010.2.i586.rpm

<!-- manual page source format generated by PolyglotMan v3.2, -->
<!-- available at http://polyglotman.sourceforge.net/ -->

<html>
<head>
<title>MATHO-PRIMES(1) manual page</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor='white'>
<a href='#toc'>Table of Contents</a><p>

<p> 
<h2><a name='sect0' href='#toc0'>Name</a></h2>
matho-primes - generate consecutive prime numbers 
<p> 
<h2><a name='sect1' href='#toc1'>Synopsis</a></h2>
<b>matho-primes</b>
[start [stop]] ["twin"] ["pal" [base]] <br>
<b>matho-primes</b> [-htu] [-c count] [-m number] [-p base] [start [stop]] 
<p> 
<h2><a name='sect2' href='#toc2'>Description</a></h2>
This
command-line utility is optionally part of the <a href='mathomatic.1.html'><b>mathomatic</b>(1)</a>
 package. It
quickly computes any number of consecutive prime numbers using a windowing,
memory efficient sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm, dumping them to standard
output. They are displayed one prime per line in ascending order, unless
the "twin" option is specified, which displays only twin primes, two primes
per line. 
<p> Generates up to 18 decimal digit primes, or whatever is the number
of digits of precision for a floating point <b>long double</b> in the C compiler
used to compile this utility. Note that this utility might be compiled to
use only double precision floating point, if long double precision is not
fully supported by the C compiler or hardware, allowing at most 15 decimal
digit primes in that case. 
<p> Ways to verify that this utility is working
are to pipe the output into the Unix "factor" utility, or compare the output
with the BSD Games "primes" utility. 
<p> All numbers displayed by this utility
are decimal (base 10) prime numbers. A prime number is an integer that cannot
be factored. 
<p> A range may be specified on the command line, otherwise the
starting number and the number of primes to output is prompted for. The
range is <b>start</b> to <b>stop</b> inclusive, and <b>stop</b> must be greater than or equal
to <b>start.</b> 
<p> If the <b>-c</b> option is specified, the number of lines of primes displayed
is limited to the decimal count that follows this option. 
<p> If the <b>-t</b> or "twin"
option is specified on the command line, only <b>twin primes</b> will be displayed.
Twin primes are two primes that differ in value by 2. Each twin pair is
displayed together on the same line separated by a space character. 
<p> If
the <b>-p</b> or "pal" option is specified on the command line, only <b>palindromic
primes</b> are displayed. Palindromes are symmetrical, they read exactly the
same forward and backward. The palindromic number <b>base</b> may be specified,
the default is base 10. The <b>base</b> can be any integer greater than 1. Primes
are always displayed in decimal (base 10). 
<p> The version number and short
help on the allowed command-line parameters and usage information are displayed
when given the <b>-h</b> option. 
<p> With the <b>-u</b> option, all output (standard output
and standard error output) is set to be unbuffered, making all output happen
immediately, instead of when the output buffer is full or when the program
terminates or waits for input. 
<p> The <b>-m</b> option changes the memory size of
the prime number sieve window. It is followed by a decimal, floating point
number which is a multiplier of the default window size. It is possible
that changing the memory size may speed up the total run time; otherwise
there is no reason to use this option. 
<p> 
<h2><a name='sect3' href='#toc3'>Author</a></h2>
George Gesslein II (gesslein@linux.com)
at "<a href='http://www.mathomatic.org'>http://www.mathomatic.org</a>
". 
<p> 
<h2><a name='sect4' href='#toc4'>Reporting Bugs</a></h2>
If you find a bug, please report
it to the author or at "<a href='https://launchpad.net/mathomatic'>https://launchpad.net/mathomatic</a>
". 
<p> 
<h2><a name='sect5' href='#toc5'>See Also</a></h2>
<a href='mathomatic.1.html'><b>mathomatic</b>(1)</a>
,
<a href='primorial.1.html'><b>primorial</b>(1)</a>
, <a href='matho-mult.1.html'><b>matho-mult</b>(1)</a>
, <a href='matho-sum.1.html'><b>matho-sum</b>(1)</a>
 <p>

<hr><p>
<a name='toc'><b>Table of Contents</b></a><p>
<ul>
<li><a name='toc0' href='#sect0'>Name</a></li>
<li><a name='toc1' href='#sect1'>Synopsis</a></li>
<li><a name='toc2' href='#sect2'>Description</a></li>
<li><a name='toc3' href='#sect3'>Author</a></li>
<li><a name='toc4' href='#sect4'>Reporting Bugs</a></li>
<li><a name='toc5' href='#sect5'>See Also</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>