A special extension of Wieferich’s criterion
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Abstract:
The following theorem is proved in this paper: "If the first case of Fermat’s Last Theorem does not hold for sufficiently large prime l, then \[ \sum \limits _x {{x^{l - 2}}} \left [ {\frac {{kl}}{N} < x < \frac {{(k + 1)l}}{N}} \right ] \equiv 0\quad \pmod l\] for all pairs of positive integers $N, k,N \leq 94, 0 \leq k \leq N - 1$." The proof of this theorem is based on a recent paper of Skula and uses computer techniques.References
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Additional Information
- © Copyright 1994 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Math. Comp. 62 (1994), 923-930
- MSC: Primary 11D41; Secondary 11Y40
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1994-1216257-9
- MathSciNet review: 1216257