Prime Testing

Is 6182 2816 + 1 { 6182 }^{ 2816 }+1 a prime or not?

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2 solutions

Takeda Shigenori
Nov 9, 2017

Note that x n + 1 = ( x + 1 ) ( x n 1 x n 2 + x n 3 . . . x + 1 ) x^n+1 = (x+1)(x^{n-1}-x^{n-2}+x^{n-3}-...-x+1) for odd positive integer n n , and hence x n + 1 x^n+1 is divisible by x + 1 x+1 . Now 618 2 2816 + 1 6182^{2816}+1 = 618 2 256 × 11 + 1 =6182^{256 \times 11}+1 = ( 618 2 256 ) 11 + 1 =(6182^{256})^{11}+1 Let x = 618 2 256 x=6182^{256} , we can see that the above expression is equal to x 11 + 1 x^{11}+1 which is divisible by x + 1 = 618 2 256 + 1 x+1=6182^{256}+1 . Hence 618 2 2816 + 1 6182^{2816}+1 is not a prime.

Francis Kong
Nov 8, 2017

The fact that the number is in the form of A b A^b with b > 1 b >1 means A A is a factor which is not equal to A b A^b which means the number A b A^b is not prime

@Francis Kong Sorry i meant to add +1 to it. I just stared posting questions on this website so forgive my mistakes

Maninder Dhanauta - 3 years, 7 months ago

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