Overpseudoprimes, and Mersenne and Fermat numbers as primover numbers

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Abstract: We introduce a new class of pseudoprimes-so called "overpseudoprimes to base b", which is a subclass of strong pseudoprimes to base b. Denoting via |b|n the multiplicative order of b modulo n, we show that a composite n is overpseudoprime if and only if |b|d is invariant for all divisors d>1 of n. In particular, we prove that all composite Mersenne numbers 2p1, where p is prime, are overpseudoprime to base 2 and squares of Wieferich primes are overpseudoprimes to base 2. Finally, we show that some kinds of well known numbers are overpseudoprime to a base b.





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