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Testing a formula puporting to give the k-th prime number
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# testing a formula for the k-th prime number | |
# https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/5019919/an-exact-formula-for-the-k-th-prime-number | |
from mpmath import ceil, ln, mp, mpf, zeta | |
mp.dps = 500 | |
mp.pretty = True | |
one = mpf("1") | |
two = mpf("2") | |
NPRIME = 30 | |
primes = [one for i in range(NPRIME)] | |
primes[1] = mpf("2") | |
primes[2] = mpf("3") | |
def vengy_prime(k): | |
s = 2 * k * ln(k * ln(k)) | |
prod = one | |
for j in range(1, k): | |
prod *= one - primes[j] ** (-s) | |
# print(repr(prod)) | |
f = (1 - (zeta(s) * prod) ** (-1)) ** (-one / s) | |
return ceil(f) | |
for k in range(3, NPRIME): | |
primes[k] = vengy_prime(k) | |
print(primes) |
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