Let and be Lucas sequences generated by and , and define
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Let be an odd composite number with , and with odd and , where is the Legendre symbol. If
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or
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for some with , then is called a strong Lucas pseudoprime with parameters .
A strong Lucas pseudoprime is a Lucas pseudoprime to the same base. Arnault (1997) showed that any composite number is a strong Lucas pseudoprime for at most 4/15 of possible bases (unless is the product of twin primes having certain properties).