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Theorems

Fermat’s Little Theorem     For any prime p and any integer a,

If p doesn’t divide a, then this is equivalent to

 

Euler’s Theorem

This is a generalization of Fermat’s Little Theorem. Define the totient function Φ on the positive integers to be Φ(n) = the number of positive integers between 1 and n (inclusive) that are coprime to n. Then for any coprime positive integers a and n, Euler’s Theorem states that

 

Wilson’s Theorem

For any integer p > 1, (p – 1)! + 1 is divisible by p if and only if p is prime.

 

Chinese Remainder Theorem

If m₁, m₂, …, mᵣ are pairwise coprime positive integers > 1 and a₁, a₂, …, aᵣ are any integers, there is exactly one integer b between 0 and mm₂ ∙∙∙ mᵣ – 1 (inclusive) such that

 

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