Computing prime factors may sound like an elementary math problem, but try it with a large number, say one that contains more than 600 digits, and the task becomes enormously challenging and ...

It's videos like this one from YouTube user Numberphile that make us mortals realize why mathematicians view math as art, or perhaps as power. Highly composite numbers—numbers that have more divisible ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract If $a$ is not a multiple of $n$ and $a^{n - 1} \not\equiv 1 \operatorname{mod} n$, then $n$ must be ...