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soheil1Hi.What does 'Little' mean in 'Fermat's Little theorem'?Thanks in advance

"It is called the "little theorem" to distinguish it from Fermat's last theorem." [From the Wkipedia.]

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FermatsLittleTheorem.html

It is unclear when the term "Fermat's little theorem" was first used to describe the theorem, but it was used in a German textbook by Hensel (1913) and appears in Mac Lane (1940) and Kaplansky (1945).

So "little theorem" is on

But if there is to be a translation, its meaning should be known.

soheil1But if there is to be a translation, its meaning should be known.

Well, yes. It's not too difficult: little - small, not big, not large, not great, etc

soheil1But if there is to be a translation, its meaning should be known.

Perhaps, "easier to prove".

May your breathe be warm(transliteration).

In my native tongue there are two Fermat's theorems named the little Fermat's theorem and the big Fermat's theorem, hence the clear distinction. In English, the big Fermat's theorem is called the last Fermat's theorem.

Anonymous. In English, the big Fermat's theorem is called the last Fermat's theorem.

Not quite; it's Fermat's Last Theorem