Sophie Germain prime

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Etymology

Named after French mathematician Sophie Germain, who used them in her investigations of Fermat's Last Theorem.

Noun

Sophie Germain prime (plural Sophie Germain primes)

  1. Any prime number p where 2p + 1 is also prime.
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