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Fermat primes are Fermat numbers that are also prime numbers. A Fermat number has the following properties: Fn = 2(2^n) + 1.

All the Fermat primes[]

3

5

17

257

65537

Note that 65537 (F5) is the largest known Fermat prime, being 216 + 1. The next Fermat number (F6), 232 + 1 = 4294967297, is divisible by 641 and 6700471.

All the Fermat primes[]

Fermat primes are related to constructible polygons- regular polygons which one can construct using only a straightedge and circles. Polygons can be constructed if the number of sides' prime factors are either powers of two or powers of Fermat primes

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