Wagstaff prime
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Wagstaff prime
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In number theory, a Wagstaff prime is a prime number of the form
- 2 p + 1 3 where p is an odd prime. Wagstaff primes are named after the mathematician Samuel S. Wagstaff Jr.; the prime pages credit François Morain for naming them in a lecture at the Eurocrypt 1990 conference. Wagstaff primes appear in the New Mersenne conjecture and have applications in cryptography.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagstaff_prime
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2004-06-09T16:05:21Z
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2024-09-11T16:45:52Z
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