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  2. Lifting-the-exponent lemma - Wikipedia

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    In elementary number theory, the lifting-the-exponent lemma (LTE lemma) provides several formulas for computing the p-adic valuation of special forms of integers. The lemma is named as such because it describes the steps necessary to "lift" the exponent of in such expressions.

  3. Initial and terminal objects - Wikipedia

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    Initial objects are also called coterminal or universal, and terminal objects are also called final. If an object is both initial and terminal, it is called a zero object or null object. A pointed category is one with a zero object. A strict initial object I is one for which every morphism into I is an isomorphism.

  4. Cyclotomic polynomial - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the nth cyclotomic polynomial, for any positive integer n, is the unique irreducible polynomial with integer coefficients that is a divisor of and is not a divisor of for any k < n. Its roots are all n th primitive roots of unity e 2 i π k n {\displaystyle e^{2i\pi {\frac {k}{n}}}} , where k runs over the positive integers less ...

  5. Remainder - Wikipedia

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    and −2 is the least absolute remainder. In the division of 42 by 5, we have: 42 = 8 × 5 + 2, and since 2 < 5/2, 2 is both the least positive remainder and the least absolute remainder. In these examples, the (negative) least absolute remainder is obtained from the least positive remainder by subtracting 5, which is d. This holds in general.

  6. Proofs of quadratic reciprocity - Wikipedia

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    Of the elementary combinatorial proofs, there are two which apply types of double counting.One by Gotthold Eisenstein counts lattice points.Another applies Zolotarev's lemma to (/), expressed by the Chinese remainder theorem as (/) (/) and calculates the signature of a permutation.

  7. Ramsey's theorem - Wikipedia

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    To demonstrate the theorem for two colours (say, blue and red), let r and s be any two positive integers. [a] Ramsey's theorem states that there exists a least positive integer R(r, s) for which every blue-red edge colouring of the complete graph on R(r, s) vertices contains a blue clique on r vertices or a red clique on s vertices.

  8. Carmichael number - Wikipedia

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    In-between these two conditions lies the definition of Carmichael number of order m for any positive integer m as any composite number n such that p n is an endomorphism on every Z n-algebra that can be generated as Z n-module by m elements. Carmichael numbers of order 1 are just the ordinary Carmichael numbers.

  9. Fermat pseudoprime - Wikipedia

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    For a positive integer a, if a composite integer x divides a x−1 − 1, then x is called a Fermat pseudoprime to base a. [1]: Def. 3.32 In other words, a composite integer is a Fermat pseudoprime to base a if it successfully passes the Fermat primality test for the base a. [2]