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NAME

6       Math::NumSeq::AlmostPrimes -- semiprimes and other fixed number of
7       prime factors
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SYNOPSIS

10        use Math::NumSeq::AlmostPrimes;
11        my $seq = Math::NumSeq::AlmostPrimes->new (factor_count => 2);
12        my ($i, $value) = $seq->next;
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DESCRIPTION

15       This sequence is various "almost prime" numbers.  These are numbers
16       with a given number of prime factors.  The default is 2 prime factors,
17       which are the semi-primes.  For example 15 because 15=3*5.
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19           4, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15, 21, 22, 25, 26, 33, 34, 35, ...
20           # starting i=1
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22   Factor Count
23       "factor_count => $c" controls how many prime factors are to be used.  1
24       would be the primes themselves (the same as Math::NumSeq::Primes).  Or
25       for example factor count 4 is as follows.  60 is present because
26       60=2*2*3*5 has precisely 4 prime factors.
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28           # factor_count => 4
29           16, 24, 36, 40, 54, 60, ...
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31       The first number in the sequence is 2^factor_count, being prime factor
32       2 repeated factor_count many times.
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34   Multiplicity
35       "multiplicity => 'distinct'" asks for products of distinct primes.  For
36       the default factor count 2 this means exclude squares like 4=2*2, which
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39           # multiplicity => 'distinct'
40           6, 10, 14, 15, 21, ...
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42       For other factor counts, multiplicity "distinct" eliminates any numbers
43       with repeated factors, leaving only square-free numbers.  For example
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46           # factor_count => 4, multiplicity => 'distinct'
47           210, 330, 390, 462, 510, 546, ...
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49       For multiplicity "distinct" the first value in the sequence is a
50       primorial (see Math::NumSeq::Primorials), being the first
51       "factor_count" many primes multiplied together.  For example 210 above
52       is primorial 2*3*5*7.
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FUNCTIONS

55       See "FUNCTIONS" in Math::NumSeq for behaviour common to all sequence
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58       "$seq = Math::NumSeq::AlmostPrimes->new ()"
59       "$seq = Math::NumSeq::AlmostPrimes->new (factor_count => $integer,
60       multiplicity => $str)"
61           Create and return a new sequence object.  "multiplicity" can be
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63               "repeated"  repeated primes allowed (the default)
64               "distinct"  all primes must be distinct
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66       "$bool = $seq->pred($value)"
67           Return true if $value is an almost-prime, ie. it has exactly
68           "factor_count" many prime factors, and if "distinct" is true then
69           all those factors different.
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71           This check requires factorizing $value and in the current code a
72           hard limit of 2**32 is placed on values to be checked, in the
73           interests of not going into a near-infinite loop.
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SEE ALSO

76       Math::NumSeq, Math::NumSeq::Primes, Math::NumSeq::PrimeFactorCount
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78       Math::NumSeq::Primorials
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HOME PAGE

81       <http://user42.tuxfamily.org/math-numseq/index.html>
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LICENSE

84       Copyright 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018 Kevin Ryde
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86       Math-NumSeq is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
87       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
88       Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any
89       later version.
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91       Math-NumSeq is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
92       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
93       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
94       General Public License for more details.
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96       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
97       with Math-NumSeq.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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