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Fix comment in old probabilistic prime algorithm.

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We're no longer doing the delta step at all, and even if we were, it's
not really part of _that_ particular algorithm - candidate selection
is centralised between all of them.
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Simon Tatham 2020-03-02 18:51:39 +00:00
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/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
* Standard probabilistic prime-generation algorithm: * Standard probabilistic prime-generation algorithm:
* *
* - invent a B-bit random number and ensure the top and bottom * - get a number from our PrimeCandidateSource which will at least
* bits are set (so it's definitely B-bit, and it's definitely * avoid being divisible by any prime under 2^16
* odd)
*
* - see if it's coprime to all primes below 2^16; increment it by
* two until it is (this shouldn't take long in general)
* *
* - perform the Miller-Rabin primality test enough times to * - perform the Miller-Rabin primality test enough times to
* ensure the probability of it being composite is 2^-80 or * ensure the probability of it being composite is 2^-80 or