From ee0e4953b873442b6eb1dd980ddb2384da052ad7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nishant Mishra Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 00:31:42 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Added guide article for Prime Number Generator (#22161) Replaced stub with guide article for Prime Number Generator --- guide/english/tools/prime-number-generator/index.md | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/guide/english/tools/prime-number-generator/index.md b/guide/english/tools/prime-number-generator/index.md index 49fc8b0bab..93bc2fc187 100644 --- a/guide/english/tools/prime-number-generator/index.md +++ b/guide/english/tools/prime-number-generator/index.md @@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ title: Prime Number Generator --- ## Prime Number Generator -This is a stub. Help our community expand it. +A prime number generator is used to generate prime numbers. Prime number generating algorithms are used extensively in computer science for various applications, examples: [Hashing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_table), [Public-key Cryptography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography), etc. -This quick style guide will help ensure your pull request gets accepted. +Here are few online prime numbers generators: +* [Wolfram Alpha](https://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/mathematics/number-theory/prime-numbers/) +* [Browserling's prime number generator](https://www.browserling.com/tools/prime-numbers) - +There are various algorithms to generate prime numbers. Here's a link to one of the most efficient algorithms to generate prime numbers less than a number "n" +* [Sieve of Eratosthenes algo to generate prime numbers](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/sieve-of-eratosthenes/) #### More Information: - - - +For more information on prime numbers, look here: [Prime Number Chart](https://guide.freecodecamp.org/tools/prime-number-chart)