CARMICHAEL CONJECTURE ON THE EULER FUNCTION IS VALID BELOW 10(10,000,000)

Citation
A. Schlafly et S. Wagon, CARMICHAEL CONJECTURE ON THE EULER FUNCTION IS VALID BELOW 10(10,000,000), Mathematics of computation, 63(207), 1994, pp. 415-419
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics,Mathematics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00255718
Volume
63
Issue
207
Year of publication
1994
Pages
415 - 419
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-5718(1994)63:207<415:CCOTEF>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Carmichael's conjecture states that if phi(x) = n, then phi(y) = n for some y not-equal x (phi is Euler's totient function). We show that th e conjecture is valid for all x under 10(10,900,000). The main new ide a is the application of a prime-certification technique that allows us to very quickly certify the primality of the thousands of large numbe rs that must divide a counterexample.