Sorry
But.
Why do primality tests run to the full value of the integer....For any
iteration surely if an exponent is found within the test it should be
reported and the program aborted?.....Not being a maths buff...
Perhaps I should not be on this list...
p.s. The Proth prime site was even more confusing, did not tell me what a
Proth prime is, but totally confused me with Cunninghams, Sophie Primes et
al...( I have heard of her, though 18/19th Century geezer...Not in the same
league as Galois though....
I am beginning to think that maths people talk to deep or...to simply, where
is the middle ?
Sorry!
Keep it simple stupid for us mere mortals!
Ian McLoughlin, Chematek U.K.
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