Fermat’s theorem

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Fermat’s theorem: Facts & Related Content

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Facts

Also Known As	Fermat’s primality test • Fermat’s lesser theorem • Fermat’s little theorem

Topics

prime number theory prime number theorem Fermat’s last theorem Chinese remainder theorem Lagrange’s four-square theorem Dirichlet’s theorem Wilson’s theorem Vinogradov’s theorem fundamental theorem of arithmetic Riemann hypothesis twin prime conjecture

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Fermat, portrait by Roland Lefèvre; in the Narbonne City Museums, France

Pierre de Fermat

French mathematician

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