Re: [GNU Crypto] Bug in gnu.util.Prime.passEulerCriterion(java.math.BigInteger)

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Hi!

Am Dienstag, 20. April 2004 07:51 schrieb Casey Marshall:
> Ugh, I'm getting increasingly tired of the Prime class; I'm
> considering just punting this class and using
> BigInteger.isProbablePrime instead.

Unfortunately, BigInteger.isProbablePrime still contains a bug in its 
implementation of the, I think, Lucas algorithm, which renders a lot of 
primes as composites or even the other way round (I can't remember at the 
moment).

Best regards,
- -- 
Marcel Winandy
EMail:  marcel@xxxxxxxxxx
Privat: http://home.pages.de/~winandy/marcel/
Firma:  http://www.winandy.de

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