The Curious Case Of Pseudoprime Numbers — Part 1

Introduction To (Base 2) Pseudoprimes, Poulet or Sarrus Numbers

Sundip Tailor

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We can think of prime numbers as the building blocks of all numbers.

Any positive number can be factored (or decomposed) uniquely into prime numbers e.g. 341 is equal to 11 x 31, where 11 and 31 are prime.

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Sundip Tailor

Talking Pure Mathematics. Imperial College London graduate.