Fermat pseudoprime

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A composite number n is called Fermat pseudoprime to a natural base a, coprime to n, so that

Restriction

It is sufficient, that the base a satisfy because every odd number n satisfy for that [1] If n is a Fermat pseudoprime to base a, then n is a Fermat pseudoprime to base for every integer

Properties

Most of the Pseudoprimes, like Euler pseudoprime, Carmichael number, Fibonacci pseudoprime and Lucas pseudoprime, are Fermat pseudoprimes.

References and notes

  1. Richard E. Crandall and Carl Pomerance: Prime Numbers. A Computational Perspective. Springer Verlag , page 132, Therem 3.4.2.