English Title
On very large prime numbers
Enestrom Number
283
Fuss Index
25
Original Language
Latin
Content Summary
In this article, Euler is interested in finding large prime numbers. He also reproves that the fifth Fermat number 225+1 is not prime. Euler provides factor tables for aa+1, for a<1500. It is followed by a German-language article by Johann Albrecht Euler.
Published as
Journal article
Published Date
1764
Written Date
1760
Original Source Citation
Novi Commentarii academiae scientiarum Petropolitanae, Volume 9, pp. 99-153.
Opera Omnia Citation
Series 1, Volume 3, pp.1-45.
Record Created
2018-09-25
