Factorization of the tenth and eleventh Fermat numbers
Description
We describe the complete factorization of the tenth and eleventh Fermat numbers. The tenth Fermat number is a product of four prime factors with 8, 10, 40 and 252 decimal digits. The eleventh Fermat number is a product of five prime factors with 6, 6, 21, 22 and 564 decimal digits. We also note a new 27-decimal digit factor of the thirteenth Fermat number. This number has four known prime factors and a 2391-decimal digit composite factor. All the new factors reported here were found by the...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 1996 |
Type: | Working/Technical Paper |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/40767 http://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/40767 |
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