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Changes for version 0.20 - 2014-06-18

  • ADDED
    • valuation(a,b) how many times does b divide a?
    • invmod(a,n) inverse of a modulo n
    • is_pseudoprime(n,base) Simple Fermat test
    • binomial(n,k) binomial coefficient
    • gcdext(a,b) extended Euclidian algorithm
    • vecsum(...) sum list of integers
  • OTHER
    • 10%-ish speedup for next/prev prime with 38-950 digit inputs.

Modules

Utilities related to prime numbers and factoring, using GMP