#10112: random_prime does not handle erroneous input gracefully - it hangs
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Reporter: drkirkby | Owner: was
Type: defect | Status: needs_review
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-4.6.1
Component: number theory | Keywords:
Author: Mike Hansen, Francis Clarke | Upstream: N/A
Reviewer: David Kirkby | Merged:
Work_issues: |
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Changes (by fwclarke):
* status: needs_work => needs_review
Comment:
A replacement patch is attached. It uses Betrand's postulate and
refinements due to Nakura and Schoenfield. Only when the ratio of the
upper and lower bounds is quite close to one is the smallest prime in the
interval computed.
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