A characterization of nonprime powers

作者:Duran Diaz Raul; Hernandez Encinas Luis; Martin Munoz Agustin; Munoz Masque Jaime; Song Seok Zun
来源:Turkish Journal of Mathematics, 2017, 41(5): 1248-1259.
DOI:10.3906/mat-1603-143

摘要

A criterion is presented in order to decide whether a given integer is a prime power or not. The criterion associates to each positive integer m a finite set of integers S(m), each of them < m, and the properties of this set are studied. The notion of complementary pairs in S (m) is introduced and it is proved that if one is able to determine a complementary pair n, n', then a partial factorization of the odd integer m can be obtained in polynomial time. Some particular cases and examples of these results are given.

  • 出版日期2017

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