Hugh C Williams

Edouard Lucas and Primality Testing

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Produktbeschreibung

Describes the development and extension of fundamental idea of Edouard Lucas, a French mathematician and mathematical recreationist, that is still used today in the verification of the largest primes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 525
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 988g
• ISBN-13: 9780471148524
• ISBN-10: 0471148520
• Artikelnr.: 22003078

Autorenporträt

Hugh Cowie Williams is a Canadian mathematician. He deals with number theory and cryptography.

Inhaltsangabe

Preliminaries.
The Beginnings.
Lucas' Early Work.
The Lucas Functions.
Lucas' Tests.
Later Developments.
Early Devices.
Kraitchik and Lehmer.
Finite Fields.
Lucas's Functions Generalized.
Special Tests for Primality.
The Influence of the Computer.
Results from the Computer.
Primality Proofs.
Probabilistic Primality Tests.
Recent Sieve Devices.
Primality Proving Today.
Bibliography.
Index.