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Fermat primes

Fermat primes is the plural of Fermat prime.

Meaning of Fermat prime

Noun

Fermat prime (plural Fermat primes)

  1. A Fermat number that is prime.
    • It is not hard to prove that the only way that the number 1#43;2ᵉ can possibly be prime is when e is a power of 2, and so all Fermat primes must have the form 1#43;2#123;2ᵃ#125; for integers a#92;ge 0. The numbers F#95;a#61;1#43;2#123;2ᵃ#125; are called Fermat numbers, and although it is true that...2001, I. Martin Isaacs, Geometry for College Students, American Mathematical Society, page 201

Questions about Fermat primes

What is Fermat primes the plural of?
Fermat primes is the plural of Fermat prime.

Words near Fermat primes in the dictionary

  1. Fermat number
  2. Fermat numbers
  3. Fermat point
  4. Fermat points
  5. Fermat prime
  6. Fermat primes
  7. Fermat pseudoprime
  8. Fermat pseudoprimes
  9. Fermat's Last Theorem
  10. Fermat's little theorem
  11. Fermat's principle

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