Fermat's little theorem

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  1. The theorem that, for any prime number p and integer a, aᵖ-a is an integer multiple of p.
    — 1999, John Stillwell, Translator's introduction, Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, Richard Dedekind (supplements), Lectures on Number Theory, [1863, P. G. Lejeune Dirichlet, R. Dedekind, Vorlesungen über Zahlentheorie], American Mathematical Society, page xi, 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.

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Fermat's Little Theorem alternative

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Named after French lawyer and amateur mathematician Pierre de Fermat (1601–1665), who stated a version of the theorem in a letter in 1640. Called little to distinguish it from Fermat's Last Theorem.
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