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+import PIL
+import math
+
+# Problem 7 - 10,001st prime
+
+# returns a list of every prime up to a certain number
+
+
+def listprimes(number):
+    primes = []
+    if (number <= 1):
+        return [1]
+    a = [1] * number
+    a[0] = 0
+    a[1] = 0  # 1 and 0 are not prime
+    # Sieve of eratosthenes
+    for i in range(2, int(math.ceil(math.sqrt(number)))):
+        if(a[i] == 1):
+            j = i**2  # cross out all the multiples of i, starting with its square
+            while(j < number):
+                a[j] = 0
+                j += i
+
+    for k in range(2, number):
+        # is prime
+        if(a[k] == 1):
+            primes.append(k)
+    return primes
+
+
+out_list = listprimes(1000000)
+# print(out_list)
+# return 10,001th prime factor
+print(out_list[10000])