1994-04-13 - Prime number tests

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From: nobody@shell.portal.com
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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From: nobody@shell.portal.com
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 94 18:36:09 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Prime number tests
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Well, there is one prime number test which NEVER fails, and that is that
(n-1)!+1 mod n is zero for all primes, and non-zero for all non-primes.
;-)

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