In number theory, Carmichael's theorem, named after the American mathematician R. D. Carmichael, states that, for any nondegenerate Lucas sequence of...
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and the value of Carmichael's function, λ(5), must be a divisor of 4. The divisor 1 does not satisfy the definition of Carmichael's function since a 1...
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{\displaystyle n} must be coprime. The theorem is further generalized by some of Carmichael's theorems. The theorem may be used to easily reduce large powers...
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n. Fermat's little theorem is also related to the Carmichael function and Carmichael's theorem, as well as to Lagrange's theorem in group theory. The...
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{\displaystyle {\mathcal {Z}}(W_{n})} . Carmichael's theorem Wilson prime Kaprekar's constant Fermat's little theorem Babczynski theorem Palindromic numbers Harshad...
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Fermat's Little Theorem although they are not primes), Carmichael's totient function conjecture, Carmichael's theorem, and the Carmichael function, all...
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primitive. Carmichael's theorem states that all but finitely many of the terms in a Lucas sequence have a primitive prime factor. Indeed, Carmichael (1913)...
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important theorems relating to modular arithmetic: Carmichael's theorem Chinese remainder theorem Euler's theorem Fermat's little theorem (a special...
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Brun's theorem (number theory) Brun–Titchmarsh theorem (number theory) Carmichael's theorem (Fibonacci numbers) Chebotarev's density theorem (number...
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Fermat's Little Theorem does not hold. This fact precludes the use of that theorem as an absolute test of primality. The Carmichael numbers form the...
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prime factor that is not a factor of any smaller Fibonacci number (Carmichael's theorem). As a result, 8 and 144 (F6 and F12) are the only Fibonacci numbers...
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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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2307/2031878, JSTOR 2031878 Yabuta, M. (2001), "A simple proof of Carmichael's theorem on primitive divisors" (PDF), Fibonacci Quarterly, 39 (5): 439–443...
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Fk, but "at least" one new characteristic prime from Carmichael's theorem. Carmichael's Theorem applies to all Fibonacci numbers except four special cases:...
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factor of λ(49) = 42, where λ(n) is known as the Carmichael function. This follows from Carmichael's theorem which states that if n is a positive integer...
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proving Carmichael's conjecture. However if it exists then infinitely many counterexamples exist as asserted by Ford. Another way of stating Carmichael's conjecture...
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infinitely often. However, no number m is known with multiplicity k = 1. Carmichael's totient function conjecture is the statement that there is no such m...
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follows from Euler's theorem. More generally, for any e and d satisfying ed ≡ 1 (mod λ(n)), the same conclusion follows from Carmichael's generalization of...
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Prime number (redirect from Euclidean prime number theorem)
than 4. Primes are central in number theory because of the fundamental theorem of arithmetic: every natural number greater than 1 is either a prime itself...
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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 the theorem...
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Bertrand's postulate (redirect from Bertrand-Chebyshev theorem)
postulate is also called the Bertrand–Chebyshev theorem or Chebyshev's theorem. Chebyshev's theorem can also be stated as a relationship with π ( x )...
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The Euclid–Euler theorem is a theorem in number theory that relates perfect numbers to Mersenne primes. It states that an even number is perfect if and...
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In mathematics, the Hardy–Ramanujan theorem, proved by Ramanujan and checked by Hardy states that the normal order of the number ω ( n ) {\displaystyle...
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important class of pseudoprimes that come from Fermat's little theorem. Fermat's little theorem states that if p {\displaystyle p} is prime and a {\displaystyle...
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for the second equivalence to hold, since if p is prime, Fermat's little theorem states that a p − 1 ≡ 1 ( mod p ) {\displaystyle a^{p-1}\equiv 1{\pmod...
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sequence of "Fermat near misses" defined, in reference to Fermat's Last Theorem, as numbers of the form 1 + z 3 {\displaystyle 1+z^{3}} , which are also...
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List of incomplete proofs (redirect from List of published false theorems)
function such as a step function. Carmichael's totient function conjecture was stated as a theorem by Robert Daniel Carmichael in 1907, but in 1922 he pointed...
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2024-05-30. Cohen, Henri (2007). "Consequences of the Hasse–Minkowski Theorem". Number Theory Volume I: Tools and Diophantine Equations. Graduate Texts...
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Squared triangular number (redirect from Nicomachus's theorem)
_{k=1}^{n}k\right)^{2}.} This identity is sometimes called Nicomachus's theorem, after Nicomachus of Gerasa (c. 60 – c. 120 CE). Nicomachus, at the end...
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Pythagorean triple (category Pythagorean theorem)
same for the three elements). The name is derived from the Pythagorean theorem, stating that every right triangle has side lengths satisfying the formula...
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