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#math trivia #257 solution

#math trivia for #September14: #257 is a prime of the form 2^(2^n)+1. What is n? Which other day-numbers (1-365) have this form?— Burt Kaliski Jr. (@modulomathy) September 15, 2013   Answer: n = 3 gives 2^(2^n) + 1 = 2^(2^3) + 1 = 2^8 + 1 = 257. Other day-numbers of this form are 3 … Continue reading