Back to Search
Start Over
Counting composites with two strong liars
- Source :
- Mathematics of Computation. 84:3069-3089
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- American Mathematical Society (AMS), 2015.
-
Abstract
- The strong probable primality test is an important practical tool for discovering prime numbers. Its effectiveness derives from the following fact: for any odd composite number $n$, if a base $a$ is chosen at random, the algorithm is unlikely to claim that $n$ is prime. If this does happen we call $a$ a liar. In 1986, Erd\H{o}s and Pomerance computed the normal and average number of liars, over all $n \leq x$. We continue this theme and use a variety of techniques to count $n \leq x$ with exactly two strong liars, those being the $n$ for which the strong test is maximally effective. We evaluate this count asymptotically and give an improved algorithm to determine it exactly. We also provide asymptotic counts for the restricted case in which $n$ has two prime factors, and for the $n$ with exactly two Euler liars.
- Subjects :
- Algebra and Number Theory
Almost prime
Mathematics - Number Theory
Applied Mathematics
Prime number
11Y11
Prime (order theory)
Combinatorics
Base (group theory)
Computational Mathematics
symbols.namesake
Prime factor
FOS: Mathematics
Euler's formula
symbols
Calculus
Number Theory (math.NT)
Variety (universal algebra)
Primality test
Mathematics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10886842 and 00255718
- Volume :
- 84
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Mathematics of Computation
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....99b0244edaf46eea3aa4929044fd6e53
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1090/mcom/2949