Fermat number

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf integer sequence
gptkbp:application number theory
constructible polygons
gptkbp:definedIn F_n = 2^{2^n} + 1
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Pierre_de_Fermat
gptkbp:first_terms 17
257
3
5
65537
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fermat number
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Pierre_de_Fermat
gptkbp:property Fermat numbers are always odd
Fermat numbers are pairwise coprime
Fermat numbers grow very rapidly
all known Fermat numbers with n > 4 are composite
Fermat numbers are of the form 2^{2^n} + 1 for n ≥ 0
Fermat conjectured all Fermat numbers are prime (disproved)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Mersenne_number
Fermat prime
gptkbp:sequence A000215
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mersenne_number
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8