Proth number

noun

Proth number

noun

Etymology After French mathematician François Proth (1852-1879).

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Mathematics, Number theory, Sciences Any number of the form k·2ⁿ + 1, where k is odd, n is a positive integer, and 2ⁿ > k.

  • 2006, B. Grégoire, L. Théry, B. Werner, A Computational Approach to Pocklington Certificates, Masami Hagiya, Philip Wadler (editors), Functional and Logic Programming: 8th International Symposium, Proceedings, Springer, LNCS 3945, page 109, To generate Pocklington certificates for Proth number we add a new entry to the oracle: pocklington -proth k p.
  • Suppose that a Proth number n#61;k2ʳ#43;1 satisfies the condition that a#123;(n-1)#47;2#125;#92;equiv-1#92;pmodn for some integer a. Prove that n is prime.2016, Abhijit Das, Computational Number Theory, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press / Chapman & Hall), page 295:
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  • If a Proth number is prime, we call it a Proth prime.2014, Adam Spencer, Adam Spencer's Big Book of Numbers, Brio Books, page 388:
Related terms
Sierpinski number
Hyponyms
Cullen number, Proth prime

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