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kriesel · 2021-08-25, 22:20

Occasionally, 6k+1 will be exposed to possible factoring by one higher prime than 6k-1 is, as least factor > 1. For example 167 is prime and $sqrt(167)$ = 12.9228...; 169=13².

2021-08-25, 22:20	#3
kriesel "TF79LL86GIMPS96gpu17" Mar 2017 US midwest 2³·7²·17 Posts	Occasionally, 6k+1 will be exposed to possible factoring by one higher prime than 6k-1 is, as least factor > 1. For example 167 is prime and $sqrt(167)$ = 12.9228...; 169=13². Last fiddled with by kriesel on 2021-08-25 at 22:29