The probabilistic test for primality presented in Michael Rabin's 1977 paper is interesting because prime numbers are at the center of several high-profile algorithm problems, and because probabilistic "proofs" in general challenge naive notions of mathematical certainty. This talk will start by motivating the problem of primality testing, describe the algorithm, and do as much as is humanly possible to make the correctness proof accessible to people who don't read about number theory in their free time.
The paper can be found here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022314X80900840