I. Fermat's test consists of using Fermat's Theorem (an¹=1 (mod n)) with prime n. Just pick any number a E {1, ..., n-1} and check if it satisfies the expression. If not, then it must be a composite number, that is, it is not prime. II. Although Fermat's Theorem is used to check whether a number is prime or not, we can still obtain equality (an¹-1 (mod n)) even when n is not prime. E The numbers for which this situation occurs are called Carmichael numbers or pseudoprimes. III. Both the Miller-Rabin and AKS algorithms (checking a prime number) work for any type of input and are polynomial time. However, only AKS is deterministic. IV. The Miller-Rabin algorithm guarantees when a number is prime, but when it is composite (non-prime) it can only guarantee this characteristic in probabilistic terms. Only the following items are correct:   A I, II, III   B I, II, IV   C I, III, IV   D II, III, IV   E I, II, III, IV

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I. Fermat's test consists of using Fermat's Theorem (an¹=1 (mod n)) with prime n. Just pick any number a E {1, ..., n-1} and check if it satisfies the expression. If not, then it must be a composite number, that is, it is not prime.


II. Although Fermat's Theorem is used to check whether a number is prime or not, we can still obtain equality (an¹-1 (mod n)) even when n is not prime. E The numbers for which this situation occurs are called Carmichael numbers or pseudoprimes.


III. Both the Miller-Rabin and AKS algorithms (checking a prime number) work for any type of input and are polynomial time. However, only AKS is deterministic.

IV. The Miller-Rabin algorithm guarantees when a number is prime, but when it is composite (non-prime) it can only guarantee this characteristic in probabilistic terms.

Only the following items are correct:

  A I, II, III
  B I, II, IV
  C I, III, IV
  D II, III, IV
  E I, II, III, IV

 

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