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Tag: gimps

How To Find Big Prime Numbers

The best way to find big prime numbers is to use a thing called “modular arithmetic” and another thing called “fermat’s theorem” – not the famous “Fermat’s Last Theorem” – Fermat’s theorem is much less famous and much more useful than Fermat’s Last Theorem.

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Posted on January 21, 2014February 16, 2024Categories MiscellanyTags fermat, gimps, mersenne, primes
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