Singular Manual: primes

| #### D.2.3.13 primes Procedure from library `general.lib` (see general_lib). Usage: primes(n,m); n,m integers Return: intvec, consisting of all primes p, prime(n)<=p<=m, in increasing order if n<=m, resp. prime(m)<=p<=n, in decreasing order if m<n. Note: prime(n); returns the biggest prime number <= min(n,32003) if n>=2, else 2 Example:
    LIB "general.lib";
    primes(50,100);"";
    ==> 47,53,59,61,67,71,73,79,83,89,97
    ==>
    intvec v = primes(37,1); v;
    ==> 37,31,29,23,19,17,13,11,7,5,3,2

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