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Finding prime numbers is well-studied, and in this case Gedanke used a method called Baillie-PSW primality testing. Dave Linkletter, Popular Mechanics, "The Emerging Art of Drawing in Prime Numbers," 9 Aug. 2019

As numbers get bigger, the list of numbers that could divide them grows longer — there are more ways primality can fail in big numbers than in small numbers. Quanta Magazine, "In the Universe of Equations, Virtually All Are Prime," 10 Dec. 2018

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