这是我能想到的最好的算法。
def get_primes(n):
numbers = set(range(n, 1, -1))
primes = []
while numbers:
p = numbers.pop()
primes.append(p)
numbers.difference_update(set(range(p*2, n+1, p)))
return primes
>>> timeit.Timer(stmt='get_primes.get_primes(1000000)', setup='import get_primes').timeit(1)
1.1499958793645562
还能做得更快吗?
这段代码有一个缺陷:由于numbers是一个无序集，不能保证numbers.pop()将从集合中移除最低的数字。尽管如此，它还是适用于(至少对我来说)一些输入数字:
>>> sum(get_primes(2000000))
142913828922L
#That's the correct sum of all numbers below 2 million
>>> 529 in get_primes(1000)
False
>>> 529 in get_primes(530)
True
下面是Eratosthenes的一个numpy版本，具有良好的复杂度(低于排序长度为n的数组)和向量化。与@unutbu相比，用46微秒就可以找到100万以下的所有质数。
import numpy as np
def generate_primes(n):
is_prime = np.ones(n+1,dtype=bool)
is_prime[0:2] = False
for i in range(int(n**0.5)+1):
if is_prime[i]:
is_prime[i**2::i]=False
return np.where(is_prime)[0]
计时:
import time
for i in range(2,10):
timer =time.time()
generate_primes(10**i)
print('n = 10^',i,' time =', round(time.time()-timer,6))
>> n = 10^ 2 time = 5.6e-05
>> n = 10^ 3 time = 6.4e-05
>> n = 10^ 4 time = 0.000114
>> n = 10^ 5 time = 0.000593
>> n = 10^ 6 time = 0.00467
>> n = 10^ 7 time = 0.177758
>> n = 10^ 8 time = 1.701312
>> n = 10^ 9 time = 19.322478
在写这篇文章的时候，这是最快的工作解决方案(至少在我的机器上是这样)。它同时使用numpy和bitarray，并受到这个答案的primesfrom2to的启发。
import numpy as np
from bitarray import bitarray
def bit_primes(n):
bit_sieve = bitarray(n // 3 + (n % 6 == 2))
bit_sieve.setall(1)
bit_sieve[0] = False
for i in range(int(n ** 0.5) // 3 + 1):
if bit_sieve[i]:
k = 3 * i + 1 | 1
bit_sieve[k * k // 3::2 * k] = False
bit_sieve[(k * k + 4 * k - 2 * k * (i & 1)) // 3::2 * k] = False
np_sieve = np.unpackbits(np.frombuffer(bit_sieve.tobytes(), dtype=np.uint8)).view(bool)
return np.concatenate(((2, 3), ((3 * np.flatnonzero(np_sieve) + 1) | 1)))
下面是与素数from2to的比较，它之前被发现是unutbu比较中最快的解:
python3 -m timeit -s "import fast_primes" "fast_primes.bit_primes(1000000)"
200 loops, best of 5: 1.19 msec per loop
python3 -m timeit -s "import fast_primes" "fast_primes.primesfrom2to(1000000)"
200 loops, best of 5: 1.23 msec per loop
对于寻找100万以下的质数，bit_primes稍微快一些。
n值越大，差异就越大。在某些情况下，bit_primes的速度是原来的两倍多:
python3 -m timeit -s "import fast_primes" "fast_primes.bit_primes(500_000_000)"
1 loop, best of 5: 540 msec per loop
python3 -m timeit -s "import fast_primes" "fast_primes.primesfrom2to(500_000_000)"
1 loop, best of 5: 1.15 sec per loop
作为参考，以下是primesfrom2to I的最小修改版本(适用于Python 3):
def primesfrom2to(n):
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2068372/fastest-way-to-list-all-primes-below-n-in-python/3035188#3035188
""" Input n>=6, Returns a array of primes, 2 <= p < n"""
sieve = np.ones(n // 3 + (n % 6 == 2), dtype=np.bool)
sieve[0] = False
for i in range(int(n ** 0.5) // 3 + 1):
if sieve[i]:
k = 3 * i + 1 | 1
sieve[((k * k) // 3)::2 * k] = False
sieve[(k * k + 4 * k - 2 * k * (i & 1)) // 3::2 * k] = False
return np.r_[2, 3, ((3 * np.nonzero(sieve)[0] + 1) | 1)]
我很惊讶居然没人提到numba。
该版本在2.47 ms±36.5µs内达到1M标记。
几年前，维基百科页面上出现了一个阿特金筛子的伪代码。这已经不存在了，参考阿特金筛似乎是一个不同的算法。一个2007/03/01版本的维基百科页面(Primer number as 2007-03-01)显示了我用作参考的伪代码。
import numpy as np
from numba import njit
@njit
def nb_primes(n):
# Generates prime numbers 2 <= p <= n
# Atkin's sieve -- see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prime_number&oldid=111775466
sqrt_n = int(np.sqrt(n)) + 1
# initialize the sieve
s = np.full(n + 1, -1, dtype=np.int8)
s[2] = 1
s[3] = 1
# put in candidate primes:
# integers which have an odd number of
# representations by certain quadratic forms
for x in range(1, sqrt_n):
x2 = x * x
for y in range(1, sqrt_n):
y2 = y * y
k = 4 * x2 + y2
if k <= n and (k % 12 == 1 or k % 12 == 5): s[k] *= -1
k = 3 * x2 + y2
if k <= n and (k % 12 == 7): s[k] *= -1
k = 3 * x2 - y2
if k <= n and x > y and k % 12 == 11: s[k] *= -1
# eliminate composites by sieving
for k in range(5, sqrt_n):
if s[k]:
k2 = k*k
# k is prime, omit multiples of its square; this is sufficient because
# composites which managed to get on the list cannot be square-free
for i in range(1, n // k2 + 1):
j = i * k2 # j ∈ {k², 2k², 3k², ..., n}
s[j] = -1
return np.nonzero(s>0)[0]
# initial run for "compilation"
nb_primes(10)
时机
In[10]:
%timeit nb_primes(1_000_000)
Out[10]:
2.47 ms ± 36.5 µs per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 100 loops each)
In[11]:
%timeit nb_primes(10_000_000)
Out[11]:
33.4 ms ± 373 µs per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 10 loops each)
In[12]:
%timeit nb_primes(100_000_000)
Out[12]:
828 ms ± 5.64 ms per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 1 loop each)
这是问题解的一种变化应该比问题本身更快。它使用埃拉托色尼的静态筛，没有其他优化。
from typing import List
def list_primes(limit: int) -> List[int]:
primes = set(range(2, limit + 1))
for i in range(2, limit + 1):
if i in primes:
primes.difference_update(set(list(range(i, limit + 1, i))[1:]))
return sorted(primes)
>>> list_primes(100)
[2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97]
