# C++ Program to Implement Sieve of Atkin to Generate Prime Numbers Between Given Range

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This is C++ program to implement Sieve of Atkin to Generate Prime Numbers Between Given Range. The Sieve of Atkin is a modern algorithm for finding all prime numbers up to a specified integer.

## Algorithm

Begin
Create a results list, filled with 2, 3, and 5.
Initialize the sieve array with false values
Mark siev[n] is true if one of the following is true:
a) n = (4*x*x) + (y*y) has odd number of solutions
n % 12 = 1 or n % 12 = 5.
b) n = (3*x*x) + (y*y) has odd number of solutions and n % 12 = 7
c) n = (3*x*x) - (y*y) has odd number of solutions, x > y and n % 12 = 11
Mark all multiples of squares as non-prime
Print primes using sieve[]
End

## Example Code

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int SieveOfAtkin(int lmt) {
if (lmt > 2)
cout << 2 << " ";
if (lmt > 3)
cout << 3 << " ";
bool sieve[lmt];
for (int i = 0; i < lmt; i++)
sieve[i] = false;
for (int a = 1; a * a < lmt; a++) {
for (int b = 1; b * b < lmt; b++) {
// Main part of Sieve of Atkin
int n = (4 * a* a) + (b * b);
if (n <= lmt && (n % 12 == 1 || n % 12 == 5))
sieve[n] ^= true;
n = (3 * a * a) + (b * b);
if (n <= lmt && n % 12 == 7)
sieve[n] ^= true;
n = (3 * a * a) - (b * b);
if (a > b && n <= lmt && n % 12 == 11)
sieve[n] ^= true;
}
}
for (int r = 5; r * r < lmt; r++) {
if (sieve[r]) {
for (int i = r * r; i < lmt; i += r * r)
sieve[i] = false;
}
}
for (int x = 5; x < lmt; x++)
if (sieve[x])
cout << x << " ";
}
int main(void) {
int lmt = 30;
SieveOfAtkin(lmt);
return 0;
}

## Output

2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29
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