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pseudoprimes

pseudoprimes is the plural of pseudoprime.

Meaning of pseudoprime

Noun

pseudoprime (plural pseudoprimes)

  1. An integer that possesses at least one characteristic of a prime number without actually being prime. The characteristic is typically chosen to make such "false primes" very rare.
  2. (specifically) A Fermat pseudoprime; a composite integer n satisfying bⁿ⁻¹≡1(mod n) for some integer b such that b > 1.

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Phrases with pseudoprimes

Questions about pseudoprimes

What is pseudoprimes the plural of?
Pseudoprimes is the plural of pseudoprime.

Words near pseudoprimes in the dictionary

  1. pseudopregnant
  2. pseudopressure
  3. pseudopressures
  4. pseudoprimary
  5. pseudoprime
  6. pseudoprimes
  7. pseudoprobabilities
  8. pseudoproblem
  9. pseudoproblems
  10. pseudoproct
  11. pseudoprocts

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