Effective Primality Test for $p2^n+1$, $p$ prime, $n>1$
Abstract
We develop a simple $O((\log n)^2)$ test as an extension of Proth's test for the primality for $p2^n+1$, $p>2^n$. This allows for the determination of large, non-Sierpinski primes $p$ and the smallest $n$ such that $p2^n+1$ is prime. If $p$ is a non-Sierpinski prime, then for all $n$ where $p2^n+1$ passes the initial test, $p2^n+1$ is prime with $3$ as a primitive root or is primover and divides the base $3$ Fermat Number, $GF(3,n-1)$. We determine the form the factors of any composite overpseudoprime that passes the initial test take by determining the form that factors of $GF(3,n-1)$ take.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- November 2018
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1811.06070
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1811.06070
- Bibcode:
- 2018arXiv181106070R
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Number Theory;
- 11Y11 (Primary)
- E-Print:
- 3 pages