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Nth prime calculator

Find a prime by its one-based position in the ordered prime sequence.

How to use this calculator

Edit the index. The tenth prime is 29.

Tap the math below to edit it and see the result. Once a result is ready, press Tab on a hardware keyboard to accept it. Outside a matrix, Return completes the line; the phone math keyboard has the same Return action.

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NthPrime⁡(10)\operatorname{NthPrime}\left(10\right)

Interactive tools require JavaScript. You can read the guide and example without it.

What to know

The index must be a positive integer; large indices may take too long to compute.

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