Problem 44385. Extra safe primes

Created by Matthew Eicholtz

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Mehmet OZC on 16 Oct 2017

15 = 2*7+1 and 7 = 2*3+1 so 15 should be a safe prime. Am I missing something?

Peng Liu on 16 Oct 2017

An (extra) safe prime number itself must be a prime number. Here, 15 is not a prime, so it is not (extra) safe prime

danteliujie on 27 Feb 2019

For case 8, x = 719;
which will lead to 44, not prime, the result should be false, but it's true now.
Am I right?

Matthew Eicholtz on 28 Feb 2019

danteliujie, x = 719 does not lead to 44.

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Yuumi Ozaki on 9 Aug 2019

Why can't 71 be true?

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TurqoiseInt on 6 Jan 2018

Ups, 'maybe' 15 is not prime at all...

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Francis Naldo on 29 Dec 2017

Oh sorry. I mean for Test #7

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Francis Naldo on 29 Dec 2017

Test #5 x = 15;
15 = 2*7 + 1
7 = 2*3 + 1
3 is a prime number. therefore 7 is a safe prime. AND 15 is an extra safe prime. Or is there anything wrong with the equations above?

Francis Naldo on 29 Dec 2017

Lol. Forgot that 15 is not even a prime number.

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Eric Lee on 17 Dec 2017

isprime already exists!

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yurenchu on 21 Oct 2017

This code would incorrectly identify x = 59 as an extra-safe prime (which it's not).

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Li jw on 19 Oct 2017

When x = 5 and x = 7, return false, is it right?

Matthew Eicholtz on 19 Oct 2017

Yes, x = 5 and x = 7 are safe primes, but not "extra" safe primes because their corresponding values for p (2 and 3, respectively) are not safe primes.

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yurenchu on 18 Oct 2017

This solution would incorrectly identify x = 71 as an extra-safe prime (which it's not).

Matthew Eicholtz on 19 Oct 2017

Good catch, yurenchu. I'm adding 71 to the test suite.

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