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Let $m$ be a fixed integer. I want to count number of prime triplet $(p,q,r)$ such that $p < q < r < 2p$ with $m$ divides $p-1, q-1$ but not $r-1$ and the product $pqr$ is an $l$ digit integer.

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  • $\begingroup$ Is $l$ also fixed? $\endgroup$ Dec 29, 2011 at 8:07
  • $\begingroup$ Yes $l$ is fixed. $\endgroup$
    – user15864
    Dec 29, 2011 at 8:09
  • $\begingroup$ It would be nice to get some motivation for doing this. Also, you are unlikely to get an exact count for l larger than , say, 30. If you want a rough estimate, the count should have close to l - 3n digits, where n is the number of digits of m. Gerhard "Ask Me About System Design" Paseman, 2011.12.29 $\endgroup$ Dec 29, 2011 at 8:38
  • $\begingroup$ These kinds of integers are used many times for multi prime RSA case. $\endgroup$
    – user15864
    Dec 29, 2011 at 9:43

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Under your assumptions $p,q,r$ are all about size $x= 10^{l/3}$. The congruence conditions are basically independent so you'd get about $(x/\log x)^3(\phi(m)-1)/\phi(m)^3$. There may be a constant in front to account for the inequalities among the primes and the fact that you want exactly $l$ digits. This should be OK when $l$ is large compared to $m$. If that's not the case, it might be trickier.

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