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What is a prime number?
Think about what divisors mean.
Is 9 a prime number?
Count the divisors of 9.
What defines a prime number?
Think about the factors of a prime number.
Is the AKS algorithm exponential?
Remember the definitions of polynomial and exponential time.
Explain why primality testing is crucial in cryptography and how AKS contributes.
Consider the role of prime numbers in security.
Provide a mathematical proof or example where a number tested by the naive method might give misleading results for a composite number.
Think about the efficiency of checking divisors.
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