 ##  [Sieve of Eratosthenes](/sieve-eratosthenes) 

  ##  [Sieve of Eratosthenes](https://puremath.quantumdictionary.io/sieve-eratosthenes-0) 

  
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Definition

A classical sieving algorithm that enumerates all prime numbers up to a bound N by iteratively marking as composite the multiples of each prime starting from 2, leaving unmarked numbers as primes.