Fibonacci numbers and Fermat's last theorem

Zhi‐Wei Sun

Acta Arithmetica · 1992 · 97 citations · 8 references

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Let {Fₙ} be the Fibonacci sequence defined by F₀=0, F₁=1, $F_{n+1}=Fₙ+F_{n-1} (n≥1)$. It is well known that $F_{p-(5/p)}≡ 0 (mod p)$ for any odd prime p, where (-) denotes the Legendre symbol. In 1960 D. D. Wall [13] asked whether $p²|F_{p-(5/p)}$ is alwa

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