Statement
Suppose
is a Wieferich prime, i.e., a prime number such that:
Then,
is a Poulet number (also called Sarrus number), i.e., a Fermat pseudoprime to base 2.
Particular cases
There are only two known Wieferich primes: 1093 and 3511. Hence, this fact gives only two Poulet numbers:
and
.
Proof
Given:
is a prime such that
To prove:
Proof: We have:
Thus,
divides
. This gives that:
Combining this with the given information, we get that
.