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Latest revision as of 10:55, 7 March 2019
This page is an index to the main mathematical terms and phrases used throughout the Wiki.
- Composite number - An integer that is not prime.
- Exponent - In [math]\displaystyle{ 3^5 }[/math], 5 is the exponent.
- Factor - A divisor, see division.
- Factorization - Finding the factors of an integer.
- Fast Fourier transform - An algorithm that permits real-time signal spectrum analysis.
- Fermat number - Numbers of the form [math]\displaystyle{ 2^{2^n} + 1 }[/math].
- Generalized Fermat number - There are different kinds of such numbers.
- Lucas-Lehmer test - A test used to prove primality of mersenne numbers.
- Mersenne prime - Primes of the type [math]\displaystyle{ 2^n-1 }[/math] (implying n is also prime).
- Pépin's test - A test used to prove primality of Fermat numbers.
- Perfect number - An integer that is equal to the sum of its divisors, excluding itself.
- Prime number - Numbers only divisible by 1 and the number itself.
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