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Sophie Germain prime
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English
2026 March 31
thumb|An 1896 portrait of the French mathematician Sophie Germain.
Etymology
From en w:Sophie Germain prime n, en the French mathematician Sophie Germain = 1776 1831 1, who used them in her investigations of Fermat’s Last Theorem.
Pronunciation
en /ˌsɔfi ˌʒɛɹmɛ̃ ˈpɹaɪm/ RP,GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sophie Germain prime.wav Southern England
en aɪm 5
en Soph ie Ger main prime
Noun
en number theory A prime number where is also prime (the latter is called a safe prime).
en safe prime
en Fermat prime Mersenne prime
Related terms
Sophie Germain's theorem
Translations
prime number where is also prime
Arabic: ar عدد صوفي جيرمين الأولي ?
Basque: eu Sophie Germainen zenbaki lehen
Bulgarian: bg про́сто число́ на Софи́ Жерме́н n
Catalan: ca nombre primer de Sophie Germain m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 謝爾曼質數 ze6 ji5 maan6 zat1 sou3
Mandarin: cmn 索菲·熱爾曼質數 Suǒfēi Rèěrmàn zhíshù, Suǒfēi Rèěrmàn zhìshù
Czech: cs prvočíslo Sophie Germainové n
Danish: da Sophie Germain-primtal n
Dutch: nl Sophie Germainpriemgetal n
Esperanto: eo primo de Sophie Germain
Finnish: fi Sophie Germainin alkuluku
French: fr nombre premier de Sophie Germain f
Galician: gl número primo de Sophie Germain m
German: de Sophie-Germain-Primzahl f
Greek: el Σόφι Ζερμέν Πράιμ m
Hebrew: he ראשוני ז'רמן m
Hungarian: hu Sophie Germain-prím
Indonesian: id bilangan prima Sophie Germain
Italian: it numero primo di Sophie Germain m
Japanese: ja ソフィー・ジェルマン素数 ソフィー・ジェルマンそすう, Sofī Jeruman sosū
Kazakh: kk Софи Жермен сандары
Korean: ko 소피 제르맹 소수
Lombard: lmo numer prim de Sophie Germain
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Sophie Germain-primtall n
Nynorsk: nn
Polish: pl liczby pierwsze Germain f
Portuguese: pt número primo de Sophie Germain m
Romanian: ro prim asigurat n
Russian: ru простое число Софи Жермен n
Spanish: es número primo de Sophie Germain m
Swedish: sv Sophie Germainprimtal n
Tamil: ta சோஃவி ஜெர்மேன் பகாத்தனி
Ukrainian: uk
Vietnamese: vi số nguyên tố Sophie Germain
Further reading
safe and Sophie Germain primes
en noun-noun compound nouns
en Numbers