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If a number fails this test, it is not a Prime. If the number passes, it may be a Prime. A number
passing Miller's test is called a Strong Pseudoprime to base . If a number
does not pass the test, then it
is called a Witness for the Compositeness of
. If
is an Odd, Positive
Composite Number, then
passes Miller's test for at most
bases with
(Long 1995).
There is no analog of Carmichael Numbers for Strong Pseudoprimes.
The only Composite Number less than
which does not have 2, 3, 5, or 7 as a Witness is
3215031751. Miller showed that any composite
has a Witness less than
if the Riemann Hypothesis
is true.
See also Adleman-Pomerance-Rumely Primality Test, Strong Pseudoprime
References
Long, C. T. Th. 4.21 in Elementary Introduction to Number Theory, 3rd ed. Prospect Heights, IL:
Waveland Press, 1995.