HP Prime: Carmichael
Numbers
Introduction
An integer n is
a Carmichael number (1910) when the following holds:
a^n ≡ a mod n
(or for a>0 and n>0)
a^n – integer(a^n/n) * n
= a
For all integers a.
The program ISCARMICHAEL tests whether an integer n
qualifies as a Carmichael number based on the Korselt’s Criterion:
1. n is a positive, composite integer. That is, n can be factored into a
multiplication of prime numbers.
2. n is square-free. That is, √n is not an integer.
3. For each prime factor p dividing n (not 1 or n), the following is true: (p-1) divides (n-1) evenly (without fraction).
Update: I was mistaken about the definition of squarefree. A squarefree integer are integers that are not divisible by perfect squares (I thought the number was square free itself). I am to update ISCARMICHAEL this week. Apologizes and many appreciations to Hank for pointing this out to me. - EWS
3. For each prime factor p dividing n (not 1 or n), the following is true: (p-1) divides (n-1) evenly (without fraction).
Update: I was mistaken about the definition of squarefree. A squarefree integer are integers that are not divisible by perfect squares (I thought the number was square free itself). I am to update ISCARMICHAEL this week. Apologizes and many appreciations to Hank for pointing this out to me. - EWS
HP Prime Program ISCARMICHAEL (Updated 2/21/2016)
EXPORT ISCARMICHAEL(n)
BEGIN
// EWS 2016-02-21
// Thanks: Hank
LOCAL l1,s,flag,k;
LOCAL vect;
flag:=0;
// composite test
IF isprime(n)==1 THEN
RETURN 0; KILL;
END;
// setup
vect:=ifactors(n);
l1:=SIZE(vect);
s:=l1(1);
// square-free number test
FOR k FROM 2 TO s STEP 2 DO
IF vect(k)>1
THEN
flag:=1; BREAK;
END;
END;
// factor test
FOR k FROM 1 TO s STEP 2 DO
IF FP((n-1)/(vect(k)-1))≠0
THEN
flag:=1; BREAK;
END;
END;
// final result
IF flag==0 THEN
RETURN 1;
ELSE
RETURN 0;
END;
END;
Notes:
The commands isprime and ifactors are generated from the
CAS-Integer (Options 6 then 1 for isprime; option 3 for ifactors) submenu. However, I think in order for this program to
work properly, the “CAS.” must be deleted and the command should be in
all-lowercase.
Examples:
ISCARMICHAEL(561) returns 1. 561 is a Carmichael number. The prime factors of 561 are 3, 11, 17.
ISCARMICHAEL(778) returns 0, hence 778 is not a
Carmichael number. The prime factors of
778 are 2 and 389.
Source:
Crandall, Richard and Pomerance, Carl. Prime Numbers: A Computational Perspective 2nd Ed. Springer: New York. 2005
Eddie
This blog is property of Edward Shore. 2016
