Sophie Germain prime
/ˌsɔfi ˌʒɛrmɛ̃ ˈpraɪm/
构词拆解
词源说明
From Sophie Germain + prime (noun), named after the French mathematician Sophie Germain (1776–1831), who used them in her investigations of Fermat’s Last Theorem.
释义
名词noun
- 1(number theory) A prime number p where 2p+1 is also prime (the latter is called a safe prime).