English Dictionary

Fermat's little theorem

固有名詞

(number theory) The theorem that, for any prime number p and integer a, aᵖ-a is an integer multiple of p.

日本語の意味

フェルマーの小定理（数論の定理）：任意の素数 p と整数 a に対して、aᵖ - a が p で割り切れる、すなわち p の倍数であることを主張する定理

Using Fermat's little theorem, I quickly verified that 37 − 3 is divisible by 7.

フェルマーの小定理を使って、3^7 − 3 が7で割り切れることを素早く確認した。

意味（1）

(number theory) The theorem that, for any prime number p and integer a, aᵖ-a is an integer multiple of p.

When combined with the historical remarks made by Gauss himself, they give a bird's eye view of number theory from approximately 1640 to 1840 - from Fermat's little theorem to L-functions - the period which produced the problems and ideas which are still at the center of the subject.