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Cunningham chain Moderate

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Noun
1

A certain kind of sequence of prime numbers, with applications in cryptography.

2

A Cunningham chain of the first kind of length n is a sequence of prime numbers (p₁, ..., pₙ) such that for all 1 ≤ i < n, pᵢ₊₁ = 2pᵢ + 1.

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