Definition:Fermat Set
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Definition
The Fermat set is the set of integers:
- $\left\{ {1, 3, 8, 120}\right\}$
It has the property of being a Diophantine quadruple.
Also see
Source of Name
This entry was named for Pierre de Fermat.
Sources
- 2015: Yifan Zhang and G. Grossman: On Diophantine triples and quadruples (Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics Vol. 21, no. 4: pp. 6 – 16)