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Named after Polish mathematician Wacław Sierpiński.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sierpinski number
Today it means: An odd natural number k such that k×2ⁿ+1 is composite for all natural numbers n. Full definition →
Today it means: An odd natural number k such that k×2ⁿ+1 is composite for all natural numbers n. Full definition →
Named after Polish mathematician Wacław Sierpiński.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.