Prime number — Prime redirects here. For other uses, see Prime (disambiguation). A prime number (or a prime) is a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself. A natural number greater than 1 that is not a prime number is… … Wikipedia
Fermat number — In mathematics, a Fermat number, named after Pierre de Fermat who first studied them, is a positive integer of the form:F {n} = 2^{2^{ overset{n} {} + 1where n is a nonnegative integer. The first nine Fermat numbers are OEIS|id=A000215:As of|2008 … Wikipedia
Fermat, Pierre de — born Aug. 17, 1601, Beaumont de Lomagne, France died Jan. 12, 1665, Castres French mathematician. Of Basque origin, Fermat studied law at Toulouse and developed interests in foreign languages, Classical literature, ancient science, and… … Universalium
Fermat'sche Primzahl — Eine Fermat Zahl, benannt nach dem französischen Mathematiker Pierre de Fermat, ist eine Zahl der Form wobei n eine natürliche Zahl ist. Die ersten Fermat Zahlen sind 3, 5, 17, 257, 65537, … (Folge A000215 in OEIS) Eine Fermat Zahl, die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fermat-Zahl — Eine Fermat Zahl, benannt nach dem französischen Mathematiker Pierre de Fermat, ist eine Zahl der Form wobei n eine nichtnegative ganze Zahl ist. Die ersten Fermat Zahlen sind 3, 5, 17, 257, 65537, … (Folge A000215 in OEIS) Eine Fermat Zahl, die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
prime — primeness, n. /pruym/, adj., n., v., primed, priming. adj. 1. of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration: a prime requisite. 2. of the greatest relevance or significance: a prime example. 3. of the highest eminence or rank: the… … Universalium
Fermat's Last Theorem — is the name of the statement in number theory that:: It is impossible to separate any power higher than the second into two like powers,or, more precisely:: If an integer n is greater than 2, then the equation a^n + b^n = c^n has no solutions in… … Wikipedia
Fermat's little theorem — (not to be confused with Fermat s last theorem) states that if p is a prime number, then for any integer a , a^p a will be evenly divisible by p . This can be expressed in the notation of modular arithmetic as follows::a^p equiv a pmod{p},!A… … Wikipedia
Fermat's factorization method — is based on the representation of an odd integer as the difference of two squares: :N = a^2 b^2. That difference is algebraically factorable as (a+b)(a b); if neither factor equals one, it is a proper factorization of N .Each odd number has such… … Wikipedia
Fermat primality test — The Fermat primality test is a probabilistic test to determine if a number is probably prime. ConceptFermat s little theorem states that if p is prime and 1 le a < p, then :a^{p 1} equiv 1 pmod{p}If we want to test if p is prime, then we can pick … Wikipedia
