Wrapped In Python – Edition 4 – Primitive Root Finder
Mostly because of their importance in some types of asymmetric cryptography (Diffie-Hellman, RSA) I have a fascination with prime numbers. I enjoy occasionally checking on the latest discovery of ever larger prime numbers. As I write the largest known prime has more than 17, 425, 170 digits in it. That’s a big-ass number! Many…