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 2013-02-07, 10:36 #1 Sam Kennedy     Oct 2012 10100102 Posts Fun Sequence I've started searching this sequence for prime numbers: $((n+1)\mathrm{!}\ - \ n\mathrm{!})k + 1$ I like this sequence because N-1 is easy to factor so proving primality is straight forward. Are there any faster primality tests than rabin-miller for numbers like this? Has anyone searched a sequence similar to this?
 2013-02-07, 11:16 #2 axn     Jun 2003 19×283 Posts Your expression simplifies to k.n.n!+1. Why not ditch the extra n and search for k.n!+1? Anyways... Are you doing any sieving? I am not aware of anything faster than regular PRP tests (PFGW can do that). PFGW can also prove the primality with a -tm argument.
 2013-02-07, 11:35 #3 Sam Kennedy     Oct 2012 2·41 Posts I'm not sure how sieving applies to this, I know it's used in the other prime searching projects but I've never understood how it's actually used. The only thing I can think of is generating a bunch of the above factorials, trial dividing by small primes below a certain limit, then performing the primality tests on whichever don't divide.
 2013-02-07, 11:42 #4 axn     Jun 2003 19×283 Posts Sieving is merely a more efficient mechanism for doing trial factoring across a bunch of candidates, exploiting redundancies. And yes, sieving is applicable for your form, though I am not aware of any existing software that can do this (maybe MultiSieve?). But there are people in this forum who are capable of writing a sieve for this. Your search space is controlled by 2 parameters, k and n. What are the limits on these? Also, how do you plan to investigate them? Fix a k and search across different n's? Fix an n and search across different k's? Some other way? Depending upon your strategy, the sieving approach also would change. You could cut down your total search time upto 50% with a good siever. Last fiddled with by axn on 2013-02-07 at 11:47
 2013-02-07, 11:53 #5 Sam Kennedy     Oct 2012 2·41 Posts Depending on the complexity of the maths involved, I might be able to write my own sieve. The way I'm searching is fixing k and incrementing n. The limit for k is the same as the limit for an unsigned long, n is limited by the amount of memory needed to store the entire term. Are there any good references which could give me some ideas of coding a sieve?

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