Before AKS, primality was known to be in NP (and co-NP), but its P membership was uncertain. AKS resolved this definitively.
# The strong Baillie-PSW primality test, named after Robert Baillie, Carl Pomerance, John Selfridge, and Samuel Wagstaff. # No counter-examples are known to this test. # Algorithm: given an odd ...
Abstract: The need for large primes in major cryptographic algorithms has stirred interest in methods for prime generation. Recently, to improve confidence and security, prime number generation in ...