Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fermat number

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables: fer-mat num-ber
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

Named after French lawyer and amateur mathematician Pierre de Fermat (1601–1665).

Inflected Forms

Fermat numbers (plural)

Questions

What does fermat number mean?: 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.
Where does fermat number come from?: Named after French lawyer and amateur mathematician Pierre de Fermat (1601–1665).

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