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Finally, we got it: Prime 19-tuplet 630134041802574490482213901 + d, d = 0, 6, 10, 16, 18, 22, 28, 30, 36, 42, 46, 48, 52, 58, 60, 66, 70, 72, 76 (27 digits,...
37 Dec 31, 2012
11:35 am

Jens Kruse Andersen
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From: Jens Franke (Tuesday, December 11, 2012 4:58 AM) We have confirmed the primality of the Leyland numbers 3110^63+63^3110 (5596 digits) and...
6 Dec 14, 2012
5:17 pm

Phil Carmody
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(6 x + 1) (12 x + 1) (18 x + 1) is a Carmichael number if all three factors are simultaneously prime and where x>0 is integer. I searched for other such...
6 Dec 13, 2012
10:34 pm

WarrenS
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It seems the following concept ought to be important: "k-Generalized Carmichael numbers." DEFINITION: If N is composite and squarefree and: for all primes p...
6 Dec 12, 2012
10:28 pm

WarrenS
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Hi, my apology to the group and especially David Broadhurst if I have presented the following composite test before. For odd n find x: gcd(x,n)==1 ...
24 Dec 12, 2012
10:23 am

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1 Dec 12, 2012
1:32 am

Robin Garcia
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http://www.mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=321306&postcount=1 Paul...
1 Dec 11, 2012
1:18 pm

paulunderwooduk
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Have a look please at this family of polygonal matricially structured m x m fractals with layers of which Sierpinski Triangle and Carpet are just particular...
1 Dec 11, 2012
11:57 am

sopadeajo2001
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I figure this group might like this. In the OEIS, the sequences A190124 and A190303 are defined and computed to 0.265563275... and 0.446684307... respectfully....
2 Dec 10, 2012
12:26 pm

Maximilian Hasler
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Hello, group members. To a degree, I am able to locate and work with what I am interested in, but perhaps somebody can facilitate my efforts either with...
6 Dec 8, 2012
8:13 pm

James Merickel
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Hi, I have a new composite test for odd n with any x and a: 2<x<(n+1)/2 1<a<(n+1)/2: kronecker(x^2-4,n)==-1 gcd(a^3-a,n)==1 gcd(a,x)==1 with sub-tests: ...
8 Dec 4, 2012
3:49 pm

djbroadhurst
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FYI ... From: Wolfram Research <info@...> Date: Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 11:44 PM Subject: Mathematica 9 is now available To: saccuan.john@... ...
2 Dec 4, 2012
1:48 pm

djbroadhurst
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What is CCANT, for those of us too silly to know what RIES stands for (actually I unfortunately do know that)?...
4 Dec 3, 2012
7:39 pm

j_chrtn
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Let pi(N) = number of primes p with p<=N. A well known question is whether pi(A)+pi(B) <= pi(A+B) always. Usually this is true, but Hensley & Richards...
1 Dec 3, 2012
3:43 am

WarrenS
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... Welcome to the list, Robert, great to have a mind as sharp as yours on board! ... One might just describe them as merely expressions with higher kolmogorov...
2 Nov 29, 2012
6:40 am

gigi_avatar27
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Hi Following on from the emails relating to factorization, here is a little brain teaser. Work out the difference mod 6, 7 and 11 on the following number: ...
8 Nov 27, 2012
10:29 pm

djbroadhurst
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Hi, Can any one tell me Whats the exact logic lie behind the worst time complexity of fermat factorization method? In order to factorize N = pq any semiprime...
4 Nov 25, 2012
11:43 am

ronhallam@...
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Sent to me privately, I believe that it should be here as it relates to previous messages Ron ... me when ... Moreover i...
4 Nov 24, 2012
1:57 pm

djbroadhurst
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A beautifull day, i am looking for a counterexample concerning the following prime test: 1. Let jacobi (a, p) = -1 and a^[(p-1)/2]=-1 mod p 2 if (a+sqrt...
66 Nov 22, 2012
8:52 pm

djbroadhurst
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Regarding the question of Fermat factorisation, one question that has interested me is the factorisation of the ninth generalised Fermat number in base ten, or...
6 Nov 18, 2012
4:10 am

pbtoau
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This won't be log(2). Let q>2 prime (where q!=p) then x^2+(p-x)^2 != 0 mod q has got (q-2) solutions if 4|q-1 and q solutions if 4|q-3. Using this and the...
6 Nov 17, 2012
10:41 pm

djbroadhurst
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A beautiful day i made a collection of different quadratic polynoms, which produces primes according a special algorithm. i found 191 different sequences and...
27 Nov 13, 2012
3:23 pm

Mathieu Therrien
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"I we decompose any prime p such that p = x + y, there are (p-1)/2 forms of doing that. Of those, many can produce: x^2 + y^2 = prime. CONJECTURE. Calling...
6 Nov 11, 2012
5:51 pm

Phil Carmody
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Hi Guys, We can use MathJax... http://www.mathjax.org/demos/use-in-web-platforms/ MathJax in Use MathJax can be found on websites as well as apps, platforms...
2 Nov 10, 2012
3:37 pm

Phil Carmody
thefatphil
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Hi David I'm afraid I haven't the time to do this properly, (life, grr) but it appears you can write a modified Brun's sum like this C_2(X)/log x +...
1 Nov 6, 2012
11:37 pm

Guy
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Can anyone prove this : https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5UBNPPDaeHFS05GT2JEbU96ckk <https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5UBNPPDaeHFS05GT2JEbU96ckk&gt; best...
1 Nov 4, 2012
5:46 pm

princeps_22
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Formula for divisibility for a prime p. Maybe it can help to findfactors of a number n ?. I have found a way to find easy a formula for each prime p. Examples:...
2 Nov 2, 2012
7:34 am

Makoto Kamada
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I converted Bernhard's test 6 for prime numbers into a factoring algorithm. Here is one successful factoring which makes use of it. ... [168040027, 59509631,...
2 Oct 30, 2012
9:35 pm

Norman Luhn
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Hello all :   I need an asimtotic aproximation fot this:   Sum[d(n-p), p prime p<n]   d(i)=number of divisors of i.   (like sum [d(n) n<x] =xlogx)   Can...
2 Oct 29, 2012
10:13 pm

djbroadhurst
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A beautifull day, i have started a small collection of primes between 1000 and 10000 digit primes. The primes are all of the form p:=x^2+x+1=x(x+1)+1 I...
18 Oct 29, 2012
6:12 pm

djbroadhurst
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