Fermat's little theorem (English)
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Definition (advanced level)
If p is a prime, and a is an integer that is not a multiple of p, then
Definition (undergraduate level)
The result that, for a prime p and any integer a \nmid p ,
Equivalently, ap ≡ a (mod p) for every a . This is a special case of the Fermat-Euler theorem.
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Relations
- broader:
- (en) Euler's theorem
- (en) Theorem
- references:
- (en) Fermat
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