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#1 2013-04-06 03:47:40

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Miller-Rabin

Somebody please explain me the Miller Rabin Primality test


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#2 2013-04-06 03:49:04

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Re: Miller-Rabin

It is a probabilistic test for determining primality belonging to the field of computational number theory.


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#3 2013-04-06 03:59:50

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Re: Miller-Rabin

Yes, how to do it?


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#4 2013-04-06 04:03:23

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Re: Miller-Rabin

For once Wiki actually did a good job explaining something!!!!

Input: n > 3, an odd integer to be tested for primality;
Input: k, a parameter that determines the accuracy of the test
Output: composite if n is composite, otherwise probably prime

Go:
write n − 1 as 2^s·d with d odd by factoring powers of 2 from n − 1
WitnessLoop: repeat k times:
   pick a random integer a in the range [2, n − 2]
   x ← ad mod n
   if x = 1 or x = n − 1 then do next WitnessLoop
   repeat s − 1 times:
      x ← x^2 mod n
      if x = 1 then return composite
      if x = n − 1 then do next WitnessLoop
   return composite
return probably prime

Can not do any better than that except to do some filling in.


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#5 2013-04-06 04:07:31

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Re: Miller-Rabin

And what does this method actually rely on?


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#6 2013-04-06 04:11:26

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Re: Miller-Rabin

A whole lot of number theory and a thing called a strong pseudo prime.


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#7 2013-04-06 04:14:47

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Re: Miller-Rabin

Mainly fermat's little theorem?
And what ensures it is strong?


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#8 2013-04-06 04:21:42

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Re: Miller-Rabin

Offhand I never remember that definition of them but I could look it up.

More to the point is the test itself and the fact that it is a non deterministic test.


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#9 2013-04-06 04:32:09

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Re: Miller-Rabin

Not the definition but I am asking what gives them a HIGH probability of being prime?


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#10 2013-04-06 04:37:16

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Re: Miller-Rabin

That I do not remember. I am sorry.


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#11 2013-04-06 04:54:02

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Re: Miller-Rabin

Thats okay.
Once I know that a number is probably prime, how do I make sure?


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#12 2013-04-06 04:58:45

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Re: Miller-Rabin

Three of your countryman developed the AKS algorithm which is deterministic and fast. Or you can use Miller Rabin.


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#13 2013-04-06 05:07:04

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Re: Miller-Rabin

Three of my countrymen? Who are they?


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#14 2013-04-06 05:10:34

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Re: Miller-Rabin

Manindra Agrawal, Neeraj Kayal, and Nitin Saxena


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#15 2013-04-06 05:26:47

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Re: Miller-Rabin

I did not know them.

I shall google it


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#16 2013-04-06 05:33:22

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Re: Miller-Rabin

Are they all three Indians?


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#17 2013-04-06 05:45:33

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Re: Miller-Rabin

The names sound so, but how does it matter?


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#18 2013-04-06 05:46:42

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Re: Miller-Rabin

It matters in the sense that I like to differ from the rest of my kind.


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#19 2013-04-06 05:54:48

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Re: Miller-Rabin

Would that change the method essentially?


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#20 2013-04-06 05:59:57

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Re: Miller-Rabin

Change the method? I am not understanding you.


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#21 2013-04-06 06:02:07

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Re: Miller-Rabin

Me neither big_smile


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#22 2013-04-06 06:09:18

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Re: Miller-Rabin

The AKS proves a number is prime while the Miller Rabin tells the probability it is prime.


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#23 2013-04-06 13:08:59

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Re: Miller-Rabin

Or we could just wait for someone to solve the P vs NP problem.


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#24 2013-04-06 15:48:29

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Re: Miller-Rabin

Who will bell the cat?


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#25 2013-04-06 19:39:53

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Re: Miller-Rabin

Did you have anymore questions about MIller Rabin?


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