Cryptography General Question:

How do You Know if a Number is Prime?

Cryptography General Interview Question
Cryptography General Interview Question

Answer:

It is generally recommended to use probabilistic primality testing, which is much quicker than actually proving that a number is prime. One can use a probabilistic test that determines whether a number is prime with arbitrarily small probability of error, say, less than 2-100.


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