Finding primes & proving primality
Chapter 2: The quick
tests for small numbers and probable primes |
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Contents of this Chapter:
- Finding Very Small Primes
- Fermat, Probable-Primality and Pseudoprimes
- Strong Probable-Primality and a Practical Test
This is one of four chapters on finding primes and proving primality.
The first is a short introduction and table of contents.
The second (these pages) chapter discusses finding small
primes and the basic probable primality tests. The third chapter cover
the classical primality tests that have been used
to prove primality for 99.99% of the numbers on the largest
known prime list. The last chapter introduces the general
purpose tests that do not require factorization.