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carmichael number

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables
carmichael num-ber
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A composite number n that satisfies the modular arithmetic congruence relation bⁿ⁻¹≡1(mod n) for all integers 1relatively prime to n.

Etymology

Named after Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879–1967), American mathematician.

Inflected Forms

Carmichael numbers (plural)

Questions

What does carmichael number mean?
A composite number n that satisfies the modular arithmetic congruence relation bⁿ⁻¹≡1(mod n) for all integers 1relatively prime to n.
Where does carmichael number come from?
Named after Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879–1967), American mathematician.

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