Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education
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Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education


Volume
& Issue

Volume 14, Issue 3


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Pages

209-215


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Article

Applications of Fermat’s Little Theorem


Authors

Noormal Samandari* Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Nangarhar University, Afghanistan
, Nazar Mohammad Nazari Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Nangarhar University, Afghanistan
, Janat Akbar Olfata Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Nangarhar University, Afghanistan
, Rafiullah Rafi Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Nangarhar University, 2601 Jalalabad, Afghanistan
, Ziaulhaq Azizi Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Nangarhar University, 2601 Jalalabad, Afghanistan
, Wali Imam Ulfat Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nangarhar University, Afghanistan
, Ikramullah Waqar Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Nangarhar University, 2601 Jalalabad, Afghanistan
, Mansoor Zahirzai and Mohammad Jawad Niazi Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Nangarhar University, 2601 Jalalabad, Afghanistan


Abstract

Fermat’s Little Theorem that is used to simplify the progression of converting a power of a number to a prime modulus is known as the most crucial theorem in elementary number theory. The credit of this theorem goes to Pierre de Fermat. This theorem is an exclusive situation of Euler’s theorem and is pretty helpful in application of number theory such as congruence relation modulo n and public-key cryptography. Compared to Fermat’s Last theorem which notes that when , has no solutions .(Riehm & Dudley), Fermat’s this theorem is titled as “little”. Fermat’s Last Theorem remained unsolved for several years in the field of mathematics. Fermat described this theorem some 350 years ago and Andrew Wiles proved it in 1995. It is simple to prove Fermat’s Little Theorem, but it has a wide implication for cryptography.


Keywords

Euler’s theorem, public-key cryptography, Fermat’s Last theorem, Congruence


Citation

Samandari, N., Nazari, N. M., Olfata, J. A., Rafi, R., Azizi, Z., Ulfat, W. I., Waqar, I., Zahirzai, M., & Niazi, M. J. (2023). Applications of fermat’s little theorem. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education, 14(3), 209–215.

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