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Advances in Tabulating Carmichael Numbers

Number Theory 2024-08-13 v3

Abstract

We report that there are 4967987049679870 Carmichael numbers less than 102210^{22} which is an order of magnitude improvement on Richard Pinch's prior work. We find Carmichael numbers of the form n=Pqrn = Pqr using an algorithm bifurcated by the size of PP with respect to the tabulation bound BB. For P<7107P < 7 \cdot 10^7, we found 3598533135985331 Carmichael numbers and 12029141202914 of them were less than 102210^{22}. When P>7107P > 7 \cdot 10^7, we found 4847695648476956 Carmichael numbers less than 102210^{22}. We provide a comprehensive overview of both cases of the algorithm. For the large case, we show and implement asymptotically faster ways to tabulate compared to the prior tabulation. We also provide an asymptotic estimate of the cost of this algorithm. It is interesting that Carmichael numbers are worst case inputs to this algorithm. So, providing a more robust asymptotic analysis of the cost of the algorithm would likely require resolution of long-standing open questions regarding the asymptotic density of Carmichael numbers.

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@article{arxiv.2401.14495,
  title  = {Advances in Tabulating Carmichael Numbers},
  author = {Andrew Shallue and Jonathan Webster},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.14495},
  year   = {2024}
}
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