Fermat number (English, noun)
expansion: Fermat number (plural Fermat numbers)
Senses:
topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: An integer which is one more than two raised to a power which is itself a power of two (i.e., is expressible in the form 2^(2ⁿ)+1 for some n>0); equivalently, a number that is one more than two raised to some power (is expressible as 2ⁿ+1) and is prime.
Forms:
form: Fermat numbers
tags: plural