Foundations of Number Theory and Combinatorial Algorithms
1.1 Basic Sieve Approach
The fundamental strategy involves iterating through integers starting from 2 and marking all their multiples as composite. Because a prime number is divisible only by 1 and itself, it remains unmarked. The total operations correspond to the sum of the harmonic series ($\frac{n}{2} + \frac{n}{3} + \dots$), yielding a tim ...
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