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Definition D1580
Fermat number
Formulation 0
A D996: Natural number $n \in \mathbb{N}$ is a Fermat number if and only if \begin{equation} \exists \, m \in \mathbb{N} : 2^{(2^m)} + 1 = n \end{equation}