Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
>
> Hiya
>
> I don't really understand the math, but it seems to me that it finds
> prime candidates then tests them for primeness. Is there a way to make
> it test even more rigorously?
In short, probably. But that tends to be expensive. OTOH, once it has
passed the other tests it is pretty likely to pass a rigorous primality
test, so you usually only have to do it once.
Cheers,
Ben.
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