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/*
* Here is an iterative method of finding the number of primes less than
* or equal to a given number. This method is from "Computer Recreations"
* June 1996 issue of Scientific American.
*
* NOTE: For reasonable values of x, the builtin function pix(x) is
* much faster. This code is provided because the method
* is interesting.
*/
define pi_of_x(x)
{
local An; /* A(n) */
local An1; /* A(n-1) */
local An2; /* A(n-2) */
local An3; /* A(n-3) */
local primes; /* number of primes found */
local n; /* loop counter */
/*
* setup
*/
An1 = 2;
An2 = 0;
An3 = 3;
primes = 1;
/*
* main A(n+1)=A(n-1)+A(n-2) sequence loop
*/
for (n = 3; n < x; ++n) {
An = An2 + An3;
An3 = An2;
An2 = An1;
An1 = An;
if (An % n == 0)
++primes;
}
return primes;
}
if (config("lib_debug") >= 0) {
print "pi_of_x(x) defined";
}