Determinism conjecture for the generalized Cullen number primality algorithm

Let bb and nn be positive integers, and let the algorithm described in the paper test the generalized Cullen number Cb(n)C_b(n). The algorithm is called deterministic when every tested generalized Cullen prime is certified as such and the output PRIME NUMBER guarantees primality.

Determinism conjecture. If

n>b,n>b,

then the algorithm is deterministic.

The algorithm is otherwise only quasi-deterministic: a PRIME NUMBER output certifies that the tested integer is prime, but the algorithm might fail to certify a generalized Cullen prime. Computational evidence reported in the paper suggests that such primes occur only when n<bn<b, and that the auxiliary value KK used in step 3 is small relative to nn.

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Jose Maria Grau and Antonio M. Oller-Marcen, “An O(^2(N)) time primality test for Generalized Cullen Numbers”, arXiv:1007.0929 (2010).

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