Number Crunching vs. Number Theory: Computers and Fermats Last Theorem 1850-1960

[earthicus]

https://www.tau.ac.il/~corry/publications/articles/Computers%20and%20FLT.html

[_wldu]

Not to be confused with his little Theorem.

[jordigh → _wldu]

I actually wonder how well-known the little theorem is outside of math departments. Or Wilson's theorem, product of all nonzero elements mod p is negative one iff p is prime.

[_wldu → jordigh]

If you think of CS as a distinct area (outside of math) then it is used there a lot. Especially in cryptography (RSA, etc.).