Re: generating weak primes

Kathleen Ellis (ellis@epic.org)
Tue, 17 Mar 1998 15:32:04 -0500

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>sorry if my question seems strange ! i just wanna generate WEAK large
>primes !! this implies : what are special forms easily factored, and by
>which algorithms ?
>
>thanks in advance

You might look into Mersenne primes, if you haven't already done so.

http://www.leth-theboss.com/pi/play/math/mprime/

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