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On Numbers Analogous to the Carmichael Numbers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

H. C. Williams*
Affiliation:
University of ManitobaWinnipegMan. R3T 2N2
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A base a pseudoprime is an integer n such that

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A Carmichael number is a composite integer n such that (1) is true for all a such that (a, n ) = l. It was shown by Carmichael [1] that, if n is a Carmichael number, then n is the product of k(>2) distinct primes P1,P2,P3, … Pk, and Pi-1|n-1(i=1, 2, 3, …, k).

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1977

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