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30 <a name="math_toolkit.number_series.primes.h0"></a>
31         <span class="phrase"><a name="math_toolkit.number_series.primes.synopsis"></a></span><a class="link" href="primes.html#math_toolkit.number_series.primes.synopsis">Synopsis</a>
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33 <pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">special_functions</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">prime</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
34 </pre>
35 <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">math</span> <span class="special">{</span>
36
37 <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Policy</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
38 <span class="keyword">constexpr</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">uint32_t</span> <span class="identifier">prime</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">Policy</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">pol</span><span class="special">);</span>
39
40 <span class="keyword">constexpr</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">uint32_t</span> <span class="identifier">prime</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">);</span>
41
42 <span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="identifier">max_prime</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">10000</span><span class="special">;</span>
43
44 <span class="special">}}</span> <span class="comment">// namespaces</span>
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51         The function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">prime</span></code> provides
52         fast table lookup to the first 10000 prime numbers (starting from 2 as the
53         zeroth prime: as 1 isn't terribly useful in practice). There are two function
54         signatures one of which takes an optional <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Chapter&#160;20.&#160;Policies: Controlling Precision, Error Handling etc">Policy</a>
55         as the second parameter to control error handling.
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58         The constant <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">max_prime</span></code> is
59         the largest value you can pass to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">prime</span></code>
60         without incurring an error.
61       </p>
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63         Passing a value greater than <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">max_prime</span></code>
64         results in a <a class="link" href="../error_handling.html#math_toolkit.error_handling.domain_error">domain_error</a>
65         being raised.
66       </p>
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68         This function is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">constexpr</span></code> only
69         if the compiler supports C++14 constexpr functions.
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