Elliptic Fermat numbers and elliptic divisibility sequence
Number Theory
2018-08-14 v1
Abstract
For a pair of an elliptic curve and a nontorsion point , the sequence of \emph{elliptic Fermat numbers} is defined by taking quotients of terms in the corresponding elliptic divisibility sequence with index powers of two, i.e. , , , etc. Elliptic Fermat numbers share many properties with the classical Fermat numbers, . In the present paper, we show that for magnified elliptic Fermat sequences, only finitely many terms are prime. We also define \emph{generalized elliptic Fermat numbers} by taking quotients of terms in elliptic divisibility sequences that correspond to powers of any integer , and show that many of the classical Fermat properties, including coprimality, order universality and compositeness, still hold.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1808.03846,
title = {Elliptic Fermat numbers and elliptic divisibility sequence},
author = {Seoyoung Kim and Alexandra Walsh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.03846},
year = {2018}
}