Multiscale Sieve for Smart Prime Generation and Application in Info-Security, IoT and Blockchain

The huge computational cost required to test whether a number is prime and the inefficiency of the known sieving algorithms for extremely large inputs have posed significant challenges in computational number theory. Traditional deterministic prime generation methods struggle to maintain performance...

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Main Authors: Gerardo Iovane, Elmo Benedetto, Carmine Gallo
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-10-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/19/8983
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description The huge computational cost required to test whether a number is prime and the inefficiency of the known sieving algorithms for extremely large inputs have posed significant challenges in computational number theory. Traditional deterministic prime generation methods struggle to maintain performance when the input sizes increase exponentially. In this work, we show that, through multiscale distribution and deterministic prime number generation, it is possible to create a multiscale sieve with drastically better performance than the deterministic algorithms known to date, providing a more efficient solution for large-scale prime number generation, demonstrated by several benchmarks that highlight the potential of our approach. Consequently, we can gain some advantages in cryptography and in info-security, such as in IoT and blockchain environments.
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spelling doaj-art-abbd05cad83545e691ff0f9eaed1080b2025-08-20T01:47:44ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172024-10-011419898310.3390/app14198983Multiscale Sieve for Smart Prime Generation and Application in Info-Security, IoT and BlockchainGerardo Iovane0Elmo Benedetto1Carmine Gallo2Department of Computer Science, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 84084 Fisciano, SA, ItalyDepartment of Computer Science, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 84084 Fisciano, SA, ItalyDepartment of Computer Science, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 84084 Fisciano, SA, ItalyThe huge computational cost required to test whether a number is prime and the inefficiency of the known sieving algorithms for extremely large inputs have posed significant challenges in computational number theory. Traditional deterministic prime generation methods struggle to maintain performance when the input sizes increase exponentially. In this work, we show that, through multiscale distribution and deterministic prime number generation, it is possible to create a multiscale sieve with drastically better performance than the deterministic algorithms known to date, providing a more efficient solution for large-scale prime number generation, demonstrated by several benchmarks that highlight the potential of our approach. Consequently, we can gain some advantages in cryptography and in info-security, such as in IoT and blockchain environments.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/19/8983prime numbersieve algorithmsmultiscale distributioncryptographyIoTblockchain
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multiscale distribution
cryptography
IoT
blockchain
title Multiscale Sieve for Smart Prime Generation and Application in Info-Security, IoT and Blockchain
title_full Multiscale Sieve for Smart Prime Generation and Application in Info-Security, IoT and Blockchain
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title_short Multiscale Sieve for Smart Prime Generation and Application in Info-Security, IoT and Blockchain
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multiscale distribution
cryptography
IoT
blockchain
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