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.IX Title "Math::Prime::Util::RandomPrimes 3pm"
.TH Math::Prime::Util::RandomPrimes 3pm 2024-03-07 "perl v5.38.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Math::Prime::Util::RandomPrimes \- Generate random primes
.SH VERSION
.IX Header "VERSION"
Version 0.73
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Routines to generate random primes, including constructing proven primes.
.SH "RANDOM PRIME FUNCTIONS"
.IX Header "RANDOM PRIME FUNCTIONS"
.SS random_prime
.IX Subsection "random_prime"
Generate a random prime between \f(CW\*(C`low\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`high\*(C'\fR.  If given one argument,
\&\f(CW\*(C`low\*(C'\fR will be 2.
.SS random_ndigit_prime
.IX Subsection "random_ndigit_prime"
Generate a random prime with \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR digits.  \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR must be at least 1.
.SS random_nbit_prime
.IX Subsection "random_nbit_prime"
Generate a random prime with \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR bits.  \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR must be at least 2.
.SS random_maurer_prime
.IX Subsection "random_maurer_prime"
Construct a random provable prime of \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR bits using Maurer's FastPrime
algorithm.  \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR must be at least 2.
.SS random_maurer_prime_with_cert
.IX Subsection "random_maurer_prime_with_cert"
Construct a random provable prime of \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR bits using Maurer's FastPrime
algorithm.  \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR must be at least 2.  Returns a list of two items: the
prime and the certificate.
.SS random_shawe_taylor_prime
.IX Subsection "random_shawe_taylor_prime"
Construct a random provable prime of \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR bits using Shawe-Taylor's
algorithm.  \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR must be at least 2.  The implementation is from
FIPS 186\-4 and uses SHA\-256 with 512 bits of randomness.
.SS random_shawe_taylor_prime_with_cert
.IX Subsection "random_shawe_taylor_prime_with_cert"
Construct a random provable prime of \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR bits using Shawe-Taylor's
algorithm.  \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR must be at least 2.  Returns a list of two items: the
prime and the certificate.
.SS random_strong_prime
.IX Subsection "random_strong_prime"
Construct a random strong prime of \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR bits.  \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR must be at least 128.
.SS random_proven_prime
.IX Subsection "random_proven_prime"
Generate or construct a random provable prime of \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR bits.  \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR must
be at least 2.
.SS random_proven_prime_with_cert
.IX Subsection "random_proven_prime_with_cert"
Generate or construct a random provable prime of \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR bits.  \f(CW\*(C`n\*(C'\fR must
be at least 2.  Returns a list of two items: the prime and the certificate.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
Math::Prime::Util
.SH AUTHORS
.IX Header "AUTHORS"
Dana Jacobsen <dana@acm.org>
.SH COPYRIGHT
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright 2012\-2013 by Dana Jacobsen <dana@acm.org>
.PP
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.