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Re: Algorithm used by BigInteger prime generator?

On Apr 22, 1999, "John Keiser" <John.Keiser@wcom.com> wrote:

> Incidentally, as long as this method creates random BigIntegers, why does it
> matter what algorithm is used?

Given my Random generator, initialized with the same seed, I should be 
able to generate the same sequence of prime BigIntegers on any Java
platform, otherwise WORA falls apart.  That's why the standard Random
class is clearly specified, and that's why the algorithm for random
big prime generation should too.

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