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Fermat pseudoprime

Fermat pseudoprime noun: with respect to an integer base b, with b > 1, a composite integer n such that bⁿ⁻¹ is congruent to one modulo n.

Noun

Fermat pseudoprime (plural Fermat pseudoprimes)

  1. With respect to an integer base b, with b > 1, a composite integer n such that bⁿ⁻¹ is congruent to one modulo n.
    • 341 is a Fermat pseudoprime to the base two.

Forms of Fermat pseudoprime

pluralFermat pseudoprimes

Questions about Fermat pseudoprime

What does Fermat pseudoprime mean?
Fermat pseudoprime means with respect to an integer base b, with b > 1, a composite integer n such that bⁿ⁻¹ is congruent to one modulo n.
What part of speech is Fermat pseudoprime?
Fermat pseudoprime is a noun.
What is the plural of Fermat pseudoprime?
The plural of Fermat pseudoprime is Fermat pseudoprimes.

Words near Fermat pseudoprime in the dictionary

  1. Fermat numbers
  2. Fermat point
  3. Fermat points
  4. Fermat prime
  5. Fermat primes
  6. Fermat pseudoprime
  7. Fermat pseudoprimes
  8. Fermat's Last Theorem
  9. Fermat's little theorem
  10. Fermat's principle
  11. Fermat's principle of least time

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