... casa::Primes . ... Creates a reference table of prime numbers, and some functions. ... This function returns the closest integer larger than number from the table of primes. static uInt . ... If there is no entry in the table of primes which is larger than number, a zero is returned. static Block < uInt > casa::Primes::cachedPrimes . ... This function finds the next largest prime than number, returns that value and stores it in the table of primes. static uInt casa::Primes::smallestPrimeFactor . ...

metrologia The leap second: its history and possible future R. A. Nelson, D. D. McCarthy , S. Malys, J. Levine, B. Guinot, H. F. Fliegel , R. L. Beard and T. R. Bartholome w Abstract. This paper reviews the theoretica l motivatio n for the leap second in the context of the historica l evolutio n of time measurement . Th e periodic insertio n of a leap second step into th e scale of Coordinate d Universal Time (UTC) necessitates frequent changes in comple x timekeepin g systems an d is currentl y th e