NthPrime

The nth prime number (NthPrime(1) = 2).

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NthPrime(n)the th prime, with .

Domain: Number theory

Details

Inverse of PrimePi: .
Grows asymptotically like , by the prime number theorem.
n must be a positive integer; compute-engine leaves non-positive n, including NthPrime(0), unevaluated.
compute-engine does not.

Examples

See also: FactorInteger, PrimePi