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Fermat’s theorem
- In Fermat’s theorem
…Fermat’s theorem, known as the Chinese hypothesis, may be some 2,000 years old. The Chinese hypothesis, which replaces a with 2, states that a number n is prime if and only if it divides exactly into 2n − 2. As proved later in the West, the Chinese hypothesis is only…
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