# Fermat primality test

The calculator tests an input number by a primality test based on Fermat's little theorem.

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#### Timur

Created: 2020-11-10 15:38:23, Last updated: 2021-02-24 15:33:04

Using this calculator, you can find if an input number is Fermat pseudoprime. The calculator uses the Fermat primality test, based on Fermat's little theorem. If n is a prime number, and a is not divisible by n, then : $a^{n-1} \equiv 1 \pmod n$.

#### Fermat primality test

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But, the test does not say an input number is prime or not. Even the result is 1. I.e., the converse is not true. if $a^{n-1} \equiv 1 \pmod n$ and a and n are coprime numbers does not mean n is a prime number.
E.g., the test on the number 29341 gives positive results using bases: 3; 5; 7; 11. However, this number is not prime. It is the composite Carmichael number: 13 x 37 x 61= 29341.

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