50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know

(Marcin) #1

this one is not a prime number, because 4,294,967,297 = 641 × 6,700,417. If
we put n = 6 or 7 into the formula the results are huge Fermat numbers but, as
with 5, neither is prime.
Are there any other Fermat primes? The accepted wisdom is that there are
not, but no one knows for sure.


the condensed idea


Take a straight edge and a pair of


compasses...

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