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The binomial theorem describes how to expand the sum of two terms raised to a positive integer power. It implies that the pth power map is a ring homomorphism on rings of characteristic p. One consequence of this fact is new proofs of Fermat’s and Euler’s theorems.
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Childs, L.N. (1995). The Binomial Theorem in Characteristic p . In: A Concrete Introduction to Higher Algebra. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8702-0_19
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