From: Richard Peters (r.a.peters_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-08 08:57:16
"Hubert Holin" <Hubert.Holin_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:Hubert.Holin-D2560E.18082507032005_at_sea.gmane.org...
> > Well... I try to aim at core operations only. At the moment, I support
> > jacobi symbol and primality testing, but I will almost certainly remove
> > them.
>
> Huh? Why?
>
> Hubert Holin
Because I think they do not belong in a big_integer library. They belong in
a number theory library. If functions like jacobi symbol make it into a
big_integer library, then so should the legendre symbol, lucas function,
rabin-miller, lucas probable prime, etc, etc.
best regards,
Richard Peters