How can I prove this PRP prime?

[siegert81]

According to PFGW, 1816 x (2^3217 - 1) + 1 is a PRP.

(FYI: 2^3217 - 1 is a Mersenne prime.)

I thought PFGW would use Pocklington's test as N-1 is easy to completely factor.

Am I missing a switch in PFGW?
Is there an alternative to Pocklington's test?

[paulunderwood]

Put the Mersenne in a "helper file":

$ cat > helper.txt
2^3217-1

$ ./pfgw64 -t -hhelper.txt -q"1816*(2^3217-1)+1"
PFGW Version 3.7.7.64BIT.20130722.x86_Dev [GWNUM 27.11]

Primality testing 1816*(2^3217-1)+1 [N-1, Brillhart-Lehmer-Selfridge]                                    
Reading factors from helper file helper.txt
Running N-1 test using base 3                                                  
Calling Brillhart-Lehmer-Selfridge with factored part 99.66%
1816*(2^3217-1)+1 is prime! (0.0244s+0.0037s)

[LaurV]

You have to create a helper file, call it "m18.prm" (the name and extension totally up to you) and write inside a single line "2^3217-1", without quotes, and followed by an enter (carriage return).
Then you make a worktodo file, call it work_18.txt, or whatever, in which you put the work to do (it is an ABC2 file, etc).
Then launch pwgw with something like

pfgw64 -t -lmm_18.log -hm18.prm work_18.txt

etc.

PFGW doesn't know that M18 is prime, he can't do LL tests. You have to specify this in -h file and he'll trust you.