Chapter
Understanding Prime Numbers
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The concept of prime numbers can be tricky, but there are mathematical algorithms to help determine them. By knowing a little bit about the mathematics behind prime numbers, you can estimate their value and avoid unnecessary calculations.
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This episode talks about the CPython 3.11 release and its focus on improving performance.
1:00:46 - 1:01:44 (00:58)
CPython
Summary
This episode talks about the CPython 3.11 release and its focus on improving performance. The guest discusses the factors that led to CPython becoming faster and how to balance simplicity with performance in software development.
ChapterUnderstanding Prime Numbers
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PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
This podcast episode talks about prime numbers and their divisors.
1:01:44 - 1:08:11 (06:26)
Mathematics
Summary
This podcast episode talks about prime numbers and their divisors. It explains that if you have a rough estimate of the square root of the number you want to check, you don't need to check if it is divisible by all the previous prime numbers.