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May 10th, 2002, 11:34 AM
#33
Originally posted by jim mcnamara
Fermat’s Test
If p is a prime, then Fermat’s test says 2p mod p = 2
it seems to me that
2p mod p = 0, for all p.
Originally posted by jim mcnamara
). There are only 1077 atoms in the universe
and
Originally posted by jim mcnamara
If every atom in the universe needed a billion new primes every microsecond from the beginning of time until now, you would only need 10109 primes.
I'm lost.
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