把Maple中的序列命令seq和求第n個質數的命令ithprime組合起來就可以輕松地求出前n個質數。

比如求前100個質數，方法和運行結果如下：

seq(ithprime(n), n = 1 .. 100)

2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59,

61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 113, 127,

131, 137, 139, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167, 173, 179, 181, 191,

193, 197, 199, 211, 223, 227, 229, 233, 239, 241, 251, 257,

263, 269, 271, 277, 281, 283, 293, 307, 311, 313, 317, 331,

337, 347, 349, 353, 359, 367, 373, 379, 383, 389, 397, 401,

409, 419, 421, 431, 433, 439, 443, 449, 457, 461, 463, 467,

479, 487, 491, 499, 503, 509, 521, 523, 541

如果要求第200到第300個質數，方法和運行結果如下

seq(ithprime(n), n = 200 .. 300);

1223, 1229, 1231, 1237, 1249, 1259, 1277, 1279, 1283, 1289, 1291,

1297, 1301, 1303, 1307, 1319, 1321, 1327, 1361, 1367, 1373,

1381, 1399, 1409, 1423, 1427, 1429, 1433, 1439, 1447, 1451,

1453, 1459, 1471, 1481, 1483, 1487, 1489, 1493, 1499, 1511,

1523, 1531, 1543, 1549, 1553, 1559, 1567, 1571, 1579, 1583,

1597, 1601, 1607, 1609, 1613, 1619, 1621, 1627, 1637, 1657,

1663, 1667, 1669, 1693, 1697, 1699, 1709, 1721, 1723, 1733,

1741, 1747, 1753, 1759, 1777, 1783, 1787, 1789, 1801, 1811,

1823, 1831, 1847, 1861, 1867, 1871, 1873, 1877, 1879, 1889,

1901, 1907, 1913, 1931, 1933, 1949, 1951, 1973, 1979, 1987