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PaulHoule
4 hours ago
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topaz0
2 hours ago
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It's a bit more subtle than that -- most n>2^32 are not prime in which case 2 x n has more factorizations you would have to check.
(Just by way of example, for n=2^33, 2n=2^34 but also =2^17*2^17)
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