1994-04-12 - Re: Prime Numbers

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From: Eli Brandt <ebrandt@jarthur.cs.hmc.edu>
To: cypherpunks list <cypherpunks@toad.com>
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From: Eli Brandt <ebrandt@jarthur.cs.hmc.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 94 19:24:14 PDT
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Subject: Re: Prime Numbers
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>    primes numbers who happen to be of the form (2^(2^n))+1 are called 
>    Fermat primes. Some pretty large ones are known (could send a list...)

Please do.  My recollection was that none existed above 65537.

   Eli   ebrandt@hmc.edu

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