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