Large primes and Fermat factors
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- Math. Comp. 67 (1998), 1735-1738
Abstract:
A systematic search for large primes has yielded the largest Fermat factors known.References
- Harvey Dubner and Wilfrid Keller, Factors of generalized Fermat numbers, Math. Comp. 64 (1995), no. 209, 397–405. MR 1270618, DOI 10.1090/S0025-5718-1995-1270618-1
- G. Hardy and E. Wright, The theory of numbers, 4th ed., Oxford Univ. Press, 1975.
- Donald E. Knuth, The art of computer programming. Vol. 2: Seminumerical algorithms, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, Mass.-London-Don Mills, Ont., 1969. MR 0286318
Additional Information
- Jeff Young
- Affiliation: 655F Lone Oak Drive, Eagan, Minnesota 55121
- Email: jsy@cray.com
- Received by editor(s): June 19, 1995
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: May 10, 1996
- © Copyright 1998 Jeff S. Young
- Journal: Math. Comp. 67 (1998), 1735-1738
- MSC (1991): Primary 11A51; Secondary 11B99
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-98-00989-2
- MathSciNet review: 1484904