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Course notes (chap. 1 Number Theory, chap. 2 ... - McGill University

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1.5 Prime numbers<br />

If we want a random prime (Maple rand, isprime) ofagivensize,weuse<br />

the following theorem to estimate the number of integers we must try before<br />

finding a prime. Let π(n) =#{a :0

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