A Sophie Germain prime is a prime number p such that 2p + 1 is also prime, known as a safe prime. Named for mathematician Sophie Germain, these numbers were significant in her work on Fermat's Last Theorem.
A Sophie Germain prime is a prime number p such that 2p + 1 is also prime, known as a safe prime. Named for mathematician Sophie Germain, these numbers were significant in her work on Fermat's Last Theorem.