Mathematician:Aimé Ferrier
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Mathematician
French mathematician who discovered in $1951$ that $\dfrac {2^{148} + 1} {17}$ is prime, using a manual desk calculator.
This is now sometimes referred to as Ferrier's prime.
Nationality
French
History
- Born: 1896
- Died: 1975
Theorems and Definitions
Definitions of concepts named for Aimé Ferrier can be found here.
Publications
- 1947: Les Nombres Premiers