An elementary proof of a congruence by Skula and Granville
Number Theory
2018-04-10 v1
Abstract
Let be a prime, and let be the Fermat quotient of to base 2. The following curious congruence was conjectured by L. Skula and proved by A. Granville In this note we establish the above congruence by entirely elementary number theory arguments.
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@article{arxiv.1108.2361,
title = {An elementary proof of a congruence by Skula and Granville},
author = {Romeo Mestrovic},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.2361},
year = {2018}
}
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