Why Does a Prime p Divide a Fermat Number?

DOI10.1080/0025570X.2020.1794747zbMath1459.11014OpenAlexW3088192540MaRDI QIDQ5137095

Kenneth S. Williams, Zafer Selcuk Aygin

Publication date: 1 December 2020

Published in: Mathematics Magazine (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0025570x.2020.1794747

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factorization; primality (11A51) Primes (11A41)

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