Prime Numbers Wednesday, November 16, 2005

You know... sometimes I even amaze myself. Just when I think that I have posted the geekiest thing I can find (like the Millenium Falcon computer), another, even geekier thing comes along, and I outdo myself. And so here it is, all of the prime numbers lower than 1,000:

2	3	5	7	11	13	17	19	23	29	31	37	41	43	47	53
59	61	67	71	73	79	83	89	97	101	103	107	109	113	127	131
137	139	149	151	157	163	167	173	179	181	191	193	197	199	211	223
227	229	233	239	241	251	257	263	269	271	277	281	283	293	307	311
313	317	331	337	347	349	353	359	367	373	379	383	389	397	401	409
419	421	431	433	439	443	449	457	461	463	467	479	487	491	499	503
509	521	523	541	547	557	563	569	571	577	587	593	599	601	607	613
617	619	631	641	643	647	653	659	661	673	677	683	691	701	709	719
727	733	739	743	751	757	761	769	773	787	797	809	811	821	823	827
829	839	853	857	859	863	877	881	883	887	907	911	919	929	937	941
947	953	967	971	977	983	991	997

If you want more (and I know you do), you can download the first 15,000,000 prime numbers here.

Maybe I will follow up with a discussion of why I was looking for a prime numbers... you know: hashing algorithms and constant-time lookups and all that. But why bore you with the "why" when I can simply provide useless data and say, "why not"?