PrimeQ
[n]True
if n is a prime number. For very large numbers, PrimeQ
uses probabilistic prime testing, so it might be wrong sometimes
(a number might be composite even though PrimeQ
says it is prime).
The algorithm might be changed in the future.
PrimeQ[2]
PrimeQ[-3]
PrimeQ[137]
PrimeQ[2 ^ 127 - 1]
All prime numbers between 1 and 100:
Select[Range[100], PrimeQ]
PrimeQ
has attribute Listable
:
PrimeQ[Range[20]]