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The Adobe Flash Player is required in order to view this content. You can get it here: sieve of EratosthenesOne entry found. Main Entry: sieve of Er·a·tos·the·nes Pronunciation: \-ˌer-ə-ˈtäs-thə-ˌnēz\ Date: 1803 : a procedure for finding prime numbers that involves writing down the odd numbers from 2 up in succession and crossing out every third number after 3, every fifth after 5 including those already crossed out, every seventh after 7, and so on with the numbers that are never crossed out being prime 
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