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An Extension of Fermat's Theorem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Chinthayamma
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Edmonton
J. M. Gandhi
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Edmonton
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In [1[ Trypanis has proved the following extension of Fermat's theorem: If a is any integer, paprime, , then

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This result is to be understood in the sense that a(p-1)/pn-1=p1/pnα where α is an algebraic integer.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1967

References

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