Recognizing Primes and Composites

Richard Crandall () and Carl Pomerance ()
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Richard Crandall: Center for Advanced Computation
Carl Pomerance: Dartmouth University, Department of Mathematics

Chapter Chapter 3 in Prime Numbers, 2001, pp 109-158 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Given a large number, how might one quickly tell whether it is prime or composite? In this chapter we begin to answer this fundamental question.

Keywords: Prime Factor; Coset Representative; Asymptotic Density; Prime Number Theorem; Composite Number (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-9316-0_3

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