Lucas Pseudoprime - Fibonacci Pseudoprimes

Fibonacci Pseudoprimes

A Fibonacci pseudoprime is a composite number n for which

Vn is congruent to P modulo n

when Q = ±1.

A strong Fibonacci pseudoprime may be defined as a composite number which is a Fibonacci pseudoprime for all P. It follows (see Müller and Oswald) that in this case:

  1. An odd composite integer n is also a Carmichael number
  2. 2(pi + 1) | (n − 1) or 2(pi + 1) | (npi) for every prime pi dividing n.

The smallest example of a strong Fibonacci pseudoprime is 443372888629441, which has factors 17, 31, 41, 43, 89, 97, 167 and 331.

It is conjectured that there are no even Fibonacci pseudoprimes.

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