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The Lucas-Lehmer residue calculated with these alternative starting values will still be zero if M p is a Mersenne prime. However, the terms of the sequence will be different and a non-zero Lucas-Lehmer residue for non-prime M p will have a different numerical value from the non-zero value calculated when s 0 = 4.
In mathematics, a Lehmer sequence (,) or (,) is a generalization of a Lucas sequence (,) or (,), allowing the square root of an integer R in place of the integer P. [1]To ensure that the value is always an integer, every other term of a Lehmer sequence is divided by √ R compared to the corresponding Lucas sequence.
Lucas sequences are used in some primality proof methods, including the Lucas–Lehmer–Riesel test, and the N+1 and hybrid N−1/N+1 methods such as those in Brillhart-Lehmer-Selfridge 1975. [4] LUC is a public-key cryptosystem based on Lucas sequences [5] that implements the analogs of ElGamal (LUCELG), Diffie–Hellman (LUCDIF), and RSA (LUCRSA
In computational number theory, the Lucas test is a primality test for a natural number n; it requires that the prime factors of n − 1 be already known. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is the basis of the Pratt certificate that gives a concise verification that n is prime.
In 1857, at age 15, Lucas began testing the primality of 2 127 − 1, a number with 39 decimal digits, by hand, using Lucas sequences. In 1876, after 19 years of testing, [ 5 ] he finally proved that 2 127 − 1 was prime; this would remain the largest known Mersenne prime for three-quarters of a century.
In mathematics, the Lucas–Lehmer–Riesel test is a primality test for numbers of the form N = k ⋅ 2 n − 1 with odd k < 2 n. The test was developed by Hans Riesel and it is based on the Lucas–Lehmer primality test. It is the fastest deterministic algorithm known for numbers of that form.
Derrick Henry "Dick" Lehmer (February 23, 1905 – May 22, 1991), almost always cited as D.H. Lehmer, [1] [2] [3] was an American mathematician significant to the development of computational number theory. Lehmer refined Édouard Lucas' work in the 1930s and devised the Lucas–Lehmer test for Mersenne primes.
It was eventually determined, after three centuries and the availability of new techniques such as the Lucas–Lehmer test, that Mersenne's conjecture contained five errors, namely two entries are composite (those corresponding to the primes n = 67, 257) and three primes are missing (those corresponding to the primes n = 61, 89, 107).