Algorithm used by BigInteger prime generator?

Paul Fisher rao@gnu.org
Tue Apr 20 19:45:00 GMT 1999


Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br> writes:
> Does anybody know what algorithm the constructor
> java.math.BigInteger.BigInteger(int bitLength, int certainty, Random
> rnd) is supposed to use?

Sun's java.math implementation uses Colin Plumb's <colin@nyx.net>
BigNum library <URL: ftp://skip.incog.com/pub/bnlib-1.1.tar.gz >.
You'll find the prime number generation routines there.
Implementing the algorithm for Classpath is on my TODO list.
Although, if you're interested in writing it, we'd love to include it. :)
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Paul Fisher * rao@gnu.org


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