anonymous — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 18:00:39 GMT

The current text is wrong, but your suggestion is, too (you're confusing conditional probability with its inverse, just as the original does). The text should say: "if the result is false then n is definitely composite, while if the result is true then n is probably prime. The probability to declare a composite n as probable prime is at most 0.25^{trials. Note that this does not allow a statement about the probability of n being actually prime (for that, the prior probability would have to be known)."}

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John Maddock — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:21:11 GMT

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Thanks for the comments (and better wording). Fixed in develop.

Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #9645: Minor typo in boost multiprecision primality testing documentation

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