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Proth number

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any number of the form k·2n + 1, where k is odd, n is a positive integer, and 2n > k.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, number-theory, sciences

Examples

  • 2006, B. Grégoire, L. Théry, B. Werner, A Computational Approach to Pocklington Certificates, Masami Hagiya, Philip Wadler (editors), Functional and Logic Programming: 8th International Symposium, Proceedings, Springer, LNCS 3945, page 109, To generate Pocklington certificates for Proth number we add a new entry to the oracle: pocklington -proth k p.

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History

Etymology

After French mathematician François Proth (1852-1879).

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  • Italian: numero di Proth — number of the form k×2^n + 1