Code for finding the 1000th prime

Robert P. J. Day rpjday at crashcourse.ca
Sun Nov 15 09:44:43 EST 2009


On Sun, 15 Nov 2009, mrholtsr wrote:

> I am absolutely new to python and barely past beginner in programming.
> Also I am not a mathematician. Can some one give me pointers for
> finding the 1000th. prime for a course I am taking over the internet
> on Introduction to Computer Science and Programming. Thanks, Ray

  it's 7919.

rday
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