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.TH Int.next_prime 3 2025-04-19T14:48:15.710731 "Tomo man-pages"
.SH NAME
Int.next_prime \- Finds the next prime number greater than the given integer.

.SH LIBRARY
Tomo Standard Library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BI Int.next_prime\ :\ func(x:\ Int\ ->\ Int)
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
Finds the next prime number greater than the given integer.


.TS
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Name	Type	Description	Default
x	Int	The integer after which to find the next prime. 	-
.TE
.SH RETURN
The next prime number greater than `x`.

.SH NOTES
This function is _probabilistic_, but the chances of getting an incorrect answer are astronomically small (on the order of 10^(-30)). See [the GNU MP docs](https://gmplib.org/manual/Number-Theoretic-Functions#index-mpz_005fprobab_005fprime_005fp) for more details.

.SH EXAMPLES
.EX
>> (11).next_prime()
= 13
.EE