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    In number theory, Fermat's Last Theorem (sometimes called Fermat's conjecture, especially in older texts) states that no three positive integers a, b,...
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  • divisible by p. Fermat's original statement was Tout nombre premier mesure infailliblement une des puissances − 1 {\displaystyle -1} de quelque progression...
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    font par les nombres, Les éléments arithmétiques, and a Latin translation of the Arithmetica of Diophantus (the very translation where Fermat wrote a margin...
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  • Fermat's Last Theorem is a theorem in number theory, originally stated by Pierre de Fermat in 1637 and proven by Andrew Wiles in 1995. The statement of...
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  • premier p', 2p' − 1 est un nombre premier p", etc. Cette proposition a quelque analogie avec le théorème suivant, énoncé par Fermat, et dont Euler a montré...
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    of magic squares, is named after him. He solved many problems created by Fermat and also discovered the cube property of the number 1729 (Ramanujan number)...
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  • This article collects together a variety of proofs of Fermat's little theorem, which states that a p ≡ a ( mod p ) {\displaystyle a^{p}\equiv a{\pmod {p}}}...
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    second edition of the Théorie des Nombres, where he calls it très ingénieuse ("very ingenious"). See also Her work on Fermat's Last Theorem below. Germain's...
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    31, 39, 47, 55, 60, 63, 71 ... (sequence A004215 in the OEIS). Pierre de Fermat gave a criterion for numbers of the form 8a + 1 and 8a + 3 to be sums...
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    Pierre de Fermat stated (without proof) Fermat's little theorem (later proved by Leibniz and Euler). Fermat also investigated the primality of the Fermat numbers...
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  • Wieferich prime (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    such that p2 divides 2p − 1 − 1, therefore connecting these primes with Fermat's little theorem, which states that every odd prime p divides 2p − 1 − 1...
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  • Sophie Germain's theorem (category Fermat's Last Theorem)
    solutions to the equation x p + y p = z p {\displaystyle x^{p}+y^{p}=z^{p}} of Fermat's Last Theorem for odd prime p {\displaystyle p} . Specifically, Sophie Germain...
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    théorème de Fermat (1–60) 1828 Mémoire sur la détermination des fonctions Y et Z que satisfont à l'équation 4(X^n-1) = (X-1)(Y^2+-nZ^2), n étant un nombre premier...
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  • banker and amateur mathematician, while investigating generalizations of Fermat's Last Theorem. Since 1997, Beal has offered a monetary prize for a peer-reviewed...
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  • nombres entiers, de l'équation xm=y2+1", Nouvelles annales de mathématiques, 1re série, 9: 178–181 Ribenboim, Paulo (1979), 13 Lectures on Fermat's Last...
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    mathematical star. One of his great successes at that time was the proof of Fermat's polygonal number theorem. He quit his engineering job, and received a one-year...
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    Bertrand's postulate (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    2307/2005976, JSTOR 2005976 Dusart, Pierre (1998), Autour de la fonction qui compte le nombre de nombres premiers (PDF) (PhD thesis) (in French) Dusart, Pierre...
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  • Waring's problem (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    theorem was conjectured in Bachet's 1621 edition of Diophantus's Arithmetica; Fermat claimed to have a proof, but did not publish it. Over the years various...
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    Arithmetic geometry (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    modular forms. This connection would ultimately lead to the first proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in number theory through algebraic geometry techniques of...
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  • List of unsolved problems in mathematics (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    (1996). ""Bornes pour la torsion des courbes elliptiques sur les corps de nombres" [Bounds for the torsion of elliptic curves over number fields]". Inventiones...
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  • and 9,437,056 along with Descartes (1636). 1637 – Pierre de Fermat claims to have proven Fermat's Last Theorem in his copy of Diophantus' Arithmetica. 1637 –...
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    ranking is therefore provisional. First detected as a probable prime using Fermat primality test on an Nvidia A100 GPU on October 11, 2024 Stillwell, John...
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  • Mirimanoff, "Sur les nombres de Bernoulli," L'Enseignement Mathématique 36 (1937), pp. 228–235 [5]. Paulo Ribenboim, 13 Lectures on Fermat's Last Theorem, Springer...
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  • conjecture Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for specific exponents Lebesgue–Nagell type equations Lebesgue, Victor-Amédée (1837), Thèses de mécanique et d'astronomie...
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  • 17, 19, 23, 29, 37, 41, 47, 53, ... (sequence A220627 in the OEIS) If a Fermat number F n = 2 2 n + 1 {\displaystyle F_{n}=2^{2^{n}}+1} is prime, it is...
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  • This variation of the test is similar to the deterministic variant of the Fermat primality test. Both of these naïve variants are grossly inefficient and...
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    Perfect number (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Papers of James Joseph Sylvester p. 590, tr. from "Sur les nombres dits de Hamilton", Compte Rendu de l'Association Française (Toulouse, 1887), pp. 164–168...
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  • of its sides is the product of a power of two and any number of distinct Fermat primes (i.e. that the sufficient conditions given by Carl Friedrich Gauss...
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  • théorème nouveau concernant les nombres premiers" (Proof of a new theorem concerning prime numbers), Nouveaux Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences...
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  • of the LLL algorithm over euclidean rings or orders". Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux. 8 (2): 387–396. doi:10.5802/jtnb.176. Cohen, Henri (2000)...
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