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- From: dob@ccr-p6.ccr.jussieu.fr (Dominique BERNARDI p3512)
- Subject: Re: Prime test algorithm
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:36:15 GMT
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- If you just want to be reasonably sure that your number
- is prime "for all practical purposes" The Miller-Rabin test
- is more than adequate. The only problem is to have a good
- multiprecision package. One possibility would be our "PARI"
- package, available in C source code, for exemple from
- math.ucla.edu in /pub/pari
-
- If, on the other hand, you want a rigorous proof, with
- "evidence" you can oppose to others that your number is
- indeed prime, you should take a look to ECPP (Elliptic
- Curve Prime ?) written by Francois Morain,
- available by anonymous ftp from
- ftp.inria.fr
- in directory /INRIA
-
- ecpp.V3.4.1.tar.Z
-
- D. B.
-
-