Edouard Lucas and Primality TestingISBN: 978-0-471-14852-4
Hardcover
525 pages
March 1998
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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.
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.