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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!waikato.ac.nz!bill
  2. From: bill@waikato.ac.nz
  3. Newsgroups: sci.math
  4. Subject: nth prime
  5. Message-ID: <1992Sep10.190905.10741@waikato.ac.nz>
  6. Date: 10 Sep 92 19:09:05 +1200
  7. Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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  10. Sorry to ask such a FAQ, but what's the quickest algorithm to
  11. find the nth prime? Is it O(nlogn) or something else?
  12.  
  13. Bill Teahan,
  14. Systems Programmer,
  15. University of Waikato,
  16. Hamilton, New Zealand
  17.