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On the number of false witnesses for a composite number

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  1. Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

    Paul Erdös

  2. University of Georgia, 30602, Athens, Georgia, USA

    Carl Pomerance

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David V. Chudnovsky Gregory V. Chudnovsky Harvey Cohn Melvyn B. Nathanson

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Erdös, P., Pomerance, C. (1987). On the number of false witnesses for a composite number. In: Chudnovsky, D.V., Chudnovsky, G.V., Cohn, H., Nathanson, M.B. (eds) Number Theory. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1240. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0072975

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