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The Search for Prime Numbers.
Pomerance, Carl
Scientific American, v247 n6 p136-47 Dec 1982
Until recently the testing of a 100-digit number to determine whether it is prime or composite could have taken a century. However, in the past two years a method has been developed enabling a computer to determine the primality of an arbitrary number in about 40 seconds of running time. (Author/JN)
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