A prime which does not divide the class number cyclotomic field
obtained by adjoining a primitive p th
root of unity to the field of rationals .
A prime iff numerators
of the Bernoulli numbers prime which is not regular is said to be an irregular prime .
In 1915, Jensen proved that there are infinitely many irregular primes . It has not yet been proven that there are an infinite
number of regular primes (Guy 1994, p. 145). Of the primes fraction
is A007703 ).
See also Bernoulli Number ,
Fermat's
Theorem ,
Irregular Prime
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Problems in Number Theory, 2nd ed. Ribenboim, P. "Regular Primes." §5.1 in The
New Book of Prime Number Records. Shanks, D. Solved
and Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, 4th ed. Sloane, N. J. A. Sequence A007703 /M2411
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on Wolfram|Alpha Regular Prime
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Subject classifications
of the cyclotomic field
obtained by adjoining a primitive pth
root of unity to the field of rationals.
A prime 
is regular iff 
does not divide the numerators
of the Bernoulli numbers 
, 
,
..., 
.
A prime which is not regular is said to be an irregular prime.
primes 
, 
(or 60.59%) are regular (the conjectured fraction
is 
). The first few
are 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 41, 43, 47, ... (OEIS A007703).
