English Explanatory Dictionary

Wall-Sun-Sun prime

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A (hypothetical) prime number p such that p² divides F_π(p), where F_n is the Fibonacci sequence and π(p) is the pth Pisano period (the period length of the Fibonacci sequence reduced modulo p).

Word forms

Wall-Sun-Sun prime Wall-Sun-Sun primes Wall-Sun-Sun prime number

Etymology

Named after American mathematician Donald Dines Wall and Chinese mathematicians Sun Zhihong and Sun Zhiwei, who have all contributed to the study of such primes.

Synonyms

Fibonacci-Wieferich prime

Related words

Pisano period rank of apparition
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