A report on primes of the form $k\cdot 2^{n}+1$ and on factors of Fermat numbers
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- © Copyright 1958 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 9 (1958), 673-681
- MSC: Primary 10.00; Secondary 68.00
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1958-0096614-7
- MathSciNet review: 0096614