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Generating Random Factored Numbers, Easily (2002) [pdf]

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Can anyone explain the smiley-face diagram which, according to the text, can be used to implement a primality test?

It is supposedly an inside joke and not an actual test.

Source: https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/17249896200296205...

I've seen jokes get past academic reviewers, but an inside joke?

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