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nextPrime -- compute the smallest prime greater than or equal to a given number

Usage:

nextPrime n
Inputs:
- n, a number,
Outputs:
- an integer, the smallest prime $\ge n$

Description

i1 : nextPrime 10000

o1 = 10007

i2 : nextPrime 3.5678

o2 = 5

i3 : nextPrime (3/7)

o3 = 2

See also

isPrime -- whether a integer or polynomial is prime
getPrimeWithRootOfUnity -- find a prime p with a primitive n-th root of unity r in ZZ/p

Ways to use nextPrime:

nextPrime(Number)

For the programmer

The object nextPrime is a method function.

The source of this document is in Macaulay2Doc/functions/nextPrime-doc.m2:23:0.