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A composite number <math>q\ </math> is called '''Fermat pseudoprime''' to a natural base <math>a\ </math>, coprime to <math>q\ </math>, so that <math>a^{q-1} \equiv 1 \pmod q</math>
A composite number <math>\scriptstyle q\ </math> is called a '''Fermat pseudoprime''' to a natural base <math>\scriptstyle a\ </math>, which is coprime to <math>\scriptstyle q\ </math>, if <math>\scriptstyle a^{q-1} \equiv 1 \pmod q</math>.


==Restriction==
==Restriction==


It is sufficient, that the base <math>a\ </math> satisfy <math>2 \le a \le q-2</math> because every odd number <math>q\ </math> satisfy for <math>a = q-1\ </math> that <math>a^{q-1} \equiv 1 \pmod q</math><ref>Richard E. Crandall and Carl Pomerance: Prime Numbers. A Computational Perspective. Springer Verlag , page 132, Therem 3.4.2. </ref>
It is sufficient that the base <math>\scriptstyle a\ </math> satisfies <math>\scriptstyle 2 \le a \le q-2</math> because every odd number <math>\scriptstyle q\ </math> satisfies <math>\scriptstyle a^{q-1} \equiv 1 \pmod q</math> for <math>\scriptstyle a = q-1\ </math><ref>Richard E. Crandall and Carl Pomerance: Prime Numbers: A Computational Perspective. Springer-Verlag, 2001, page 132, Theorem 3.4.2. </ref>.


If <math>q\ </math> is a Fermat pseudoprime to base <math>a\ </math>, then <math>n\ </math> is a Fermat pseudoprime to base <math>b\cdot q+a</math> for every integer <math>b \ge 0</math>
If <math>\scriptstyle q\ </math> is a Fermat pseudoprime to base <math>\scriptstyle a\ </math> then <math>\scriptstyle q\ </math> is a Fermat pseudoprime to base <math>\scriptstyle b\cdot q+a</math> for every integer <math>\scriptstyle b \ge 0</math>.


== Odd Fermat pseudoprimes ==
== Odd Fermat pseudoprimes ==


To every odd Fermat pseudoprime <math>\scriptstyle q\ </math> exist an even number of bases <math>\scriptstyle a\ </math>. Every base <math>\scriptstyle a\ </math> has a cobase <math>\scriptstyle a' = q - a\ </math>
To every odd Fermat pseudoprime <math>\scriptstyle q\ </math> exist an even number of bases <math>\scriptstyle a\ </math>. Every base <math>\scriptstyle a\ </math> has a cobase <math>\scriptstyle a' = q - a\ </math>.


Examples
Examples:


:15 is a Fermat pseudoprime to the bases 4 and 15
:15 is a Fermat pseudoprime to the bases 4 and 11


:49 is a Fermat pseudoprime to the bases 18, 19, 30 and 31
:49 is a Fermat pseudoprime to the bases 18, 19, 30 and 31


==Properties==
==Properties==
Most of the Pseudoprimes, like [[Euler pseudoprime]], [[Carmichael number]], [[Fibonacci pseudoprime]] and [[Lucas pseudoprime]], are Fermat pseudoprimes.
Most of the pseudoprimes, like [[Euler pseudoprime]]s, [[Carmichael number]]s, [[Fibonacci pseudoprime]]s and [[Lucas pseudoprime]]s, are Fermat pseudoprimes.


==References and notes==
==References and notes==
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== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
* [[Richard E. Crandall]] and [[Carl Pomerance]]: Prime Numbers. A Computational Perspective. Springer Verlag, ISBN 0-387-25282-7  
* [[Richard E. Crandall]] and [[Carl Pomerance]]: Prime Numbers: A Computational Perspective. Springer-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 0-387-25282-7  
* [[Paolo Ribenboim]]: The New Book of Prime Number Records. Springer Verlag, 1996, ISBN 0-387-94457-5
* [[Paulo Ribenboim]]: The New Book of Prime Number Records. Springer-Verlag, 1996, ISBN 0-387-94457-5
 
==Links==
* [http://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/Pseudoprimzahlen:_Tabelle_Pseudoprimzahlen_(15_-_4999) Table of the Fermat pseudoprimes between 15 and 4997][[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]]

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A composite number is called a Fermat pseudoprime to a natural base , which is coprime to , if .

Restriction

It is sufficient that the base satisfies because every odd number satisfies for [1].

If is a Fermat pseudoprime to base then is a Fermat pseudoprime to base for every integer .

Odd Fermat pseudoprimes

To every odd Fermat pseudoprime exist an even number of bases . Every base has a cobase .

Examples:

15 is a Fermat pseudoprime to the bases 4 and 11
49 is a Fermat pseudoprime to the bases 18, 19, 30 and 31

Properties

Most of the pseudoprimes, like Euler pseudoprimes, Carmichael numbers, Fibonacci pseudoprimes and Lucas pseudoprimes, are Fermat pseudoprimes.

References and notes

  1. Richard E. Crandall and Carl Pomerance: Prime Numbers: A Computational Perspective. Springer-Verlag, 2001, page 132, Theorem 3.4.2.

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