#! /usr/bin/python3 import unittest from math import sqrt,log,floor from collections import deque def genprimes(mx): primesh=set(range(2,4)) for i in range(6,mx+1,6): for j in range(i-1,i+2,2): if j <= mx: primesh.add(j) q=deque([2,3,5,7]) p=q.popleft() mr=floor(sqrt(mx)) while p <= mr: if p in primesh: for i in range(p*p,mx+1,p): primesh.discard(i) if len(q) < 2: q.append(q[-1]+4) q.append(q[-1]+2) p=q.popleft() primes=list(primesh) primes.sort() return primes def nthprime(n): m=15 if n >= 6: m=floor(1+n*log(n*log(n))) primes=genprimes(m) return primes[n-1] class TestNthprime(unittest.TestCase): def test_ex1(self): self.assertEqual(nthprime(10001),104743,'example 1') unittest.main()