NAME

ntheory - Number theory utilities

SEE

See Math::Prime::Util for complete documentation.

QUICK REFERENCE

PRIMALITY

is_prob_prime(n)                    primality test (BPSW)
is_prime(n)                         primality test (BPSW + extra)
is_provable_prime(n)                primality test with proof
is_provable_prime_with_cert(n)      primality test: (isprime,cert)
prime_certificate(n)                as above with just certificate
verify_prime(cert)                  verify a primality certificate
is_mersenne_prime(p)                is 2^p-1 prime or composite
is_aks_prime(n)                     AKS deterministic test (slow)

PROBABLE PRIME TESTS

is_pseudoprime(n,bases)                  Fermat probable prime tests
is_strong_pseudoprime(n,bases)           Miller-Rabin tests to bases
is_lucas_pseudoprime(n)                  Lucas test
is_strong_lucas_pseudoprime(n)           strong Lucas test
is_almost_extra_strong_lucas_pseudoprime(n, [incr])   AES Lucas test
is_extra_strong_lucas_pseudoprime(n)     extra strong Lucas test
is_frobenius_pseudoprime(n, [a,b])       Frobenius quadratic test
is_perrin_pseudoprime(n)                 Perrin test
is_frobenius_underwood_pseudoprime(n)    combined PSP and Lucas
is_bpsw_prime(n)                         combined SPSP-2 and ES Lucas
miller_rabin_random(n, ntests)           perform random-base MR tests

PRIMES

primes([start,] end)                array ref of primes
twin_primes([start,] end)           array ref of twin primes
next_prime(n)                       next prime > n
prev_prime(n)                       previous prime < n
prime_count(n)                      count of primes <= n
prime_count(start, end)             count of primes in range
prime_count_lower(n)                fast lower bound for prime count
prime_count_upper(n)                fast upper bound for prime count
prime_count_approx(n)               fast approximate count of primes
nth_prime(n)                        the nth prime (n=1 returns 2)
nth_prime_lower(n)                  fast lower bound for nth prime
nth_prime_upper(n)                  fast upper bound for nth prime
nth_prime_approx(n)                 fast approximate nth prime
twin_prime_count(n)                 count of twin primes <= n
twin_prime_count(start, end)        count of twin primes in range
twin_prime_count_approx(n)          fast approx count of twin primes
nth_twin_prime(n)                   the nth twin prime (n=1 returns 3)
nth_twin_prime_approx(n)            fast approximate nth twin prime
legendre_phi(n,a)                   # below n not div by first a primes
prime_precalc(n)                    precalculate primes to n

FACTORING

factor(n)                           array of prime factors of n
factor_exp(n)                       array of [p,k] factors p^k
divisors(n)                         array of divisors of n
divisor_sum(n)                      sum of divisors
divisor_sum(n,k)                    sum of k-th power of divisors
divisor_sum(n,sub{...})             sum of code run for each divisor
znlog(a, g, p)                      solve k in a = g^k mod p

ITERATORS

forprimes { ... } [start,] end      loop over primes in range
forcomposites { ... } [start,] end  loop over composites in range
foroddcomposites {...} [start,] end loop over odd composites in range
fordivisors { ... } n               loop over the divisors of n
forpart { ... } n [,{...}]          loop over integer partitions
forcomb { ... } n, k                loop over combinations
forperm { ... } n                   loop over permutations
prime_iterator                      returns a simple prime iterator
prime_iterator_object               returns a prime iterator object

RANDOM PRIMES

random_prime([start,] end)          random prime in a range
random_ndigit_prime(n)              random prime with n digits
random_nbit_prime(n)                random prime with n bits
random_strong_prime(n)              random strong prime with n bits
random_proven_prime(n)              random n-bit prime with proof
random_proven_prime_with_cert(n)    as above and include certificate
random_maurer_prime(n)              random n-bit prime w/ Maurer's alg.
random_maurer_prime_with_cert(n)    as above and include certificate
random_shawe_taylor_prime(n)        random n-bit prime with S-T alg.
random_shawe_taylor_prime_with_cert(n) as above including certificate

MATH

vecsum(@list)                       integer sum of list
vecprod(@list)                      integer product of list
vecmin(@list)                       minimum of list of integers
vecmax(@list)                       maximum of list of integers
vecreduce { ... } @list             reduce / left fold applied to list
is_power(n)                         return k if n = p^k for integer p, max k
is_power(n,k)                       return 1 if n = p^k for integer p and k
is_power(n,k,\$root)                as above but set root to p.
gcd(@list)                          greatest common divisor
lcm(@list)                          least common multiple
gcdext(x,y)                         return (u,v,d) where u*x+v*y=d
chinese([a,mod1],[b,mod2],...)      Chinese Remainder Theorem
primorial(n)                        product of primes below n
pn_primorial(n)                     product of first n primes
factorial(n)                        product of first n integers: n!
binomial(n,k)                       binomial coefficient
partitions(n)                       number of integer partitions
valuation(n,k)                      number of times n is divisible by k
hammingweight(n)                    population count (# of binary 1s)
kronecker(a,b)                      Kronecker (Jacobi) symbol
invmod(a,n)                         inverse of a modulo n
moebius(n)                          Moebius function of n
moebius(beg, end)                   array of Moebius in range
mertens(n)                          sum of Moebius for 1 to n
euler_phi(n)                        Euler totient of n
euler_phi(beg, end)                 Euler totient for a range
jordan_totient(n,k)                 Jordan's totient
carmichael_lambda(n)                Carmichael's Lambda function
exp_mangoldt                        exponential of Mangoldt function
liouville(n)                        Liouville function
znorder(a,n)                        multiplicative order of a mod n
znprimroot(n)                       smallest primitive root
chebyshev_theta(n)                  first Chebyshev function
chebyshev_psi(n)                    second Chebyshev function
consecutive_integer_lcm(n)          lcm(1 .. n)
lucas_sequence(n, P, Q, k)          (U_k,V_k,Q_k) for Lucas(P,Q) mod n
bernfrac(n)                         Bernoulli number as (num,den)
bernreal(n)                         Bernoulli number as BigFloat
stirling(n,m,[type])                Stirling numbers of 1st or 2nd type

NON-INTEGER MATH

ExponentialIntegral(x)              Ei(x)
LogarithmicIntegral(x)              li(x)
RiemannZeta(x)                      ζ(s)-1, real-valued Riemann Zeta
RiemannR(x)                         Riemann's R function
LambertW(k)                         Lambert W: solve for W in k = W exp(W)
Pi([n])                             The constant π (NV or n digits)

SUPPORT

prime_get_config                    gets hash ref of current settings
prime_set_config(%hash)             sets parameters
prime_memfree                       frees any cached memory

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2011-2014 by Dana Jacobsen <dana@acm.org>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.