A prime number p is called elite if only finitely many Fermat numbers 2 2 n + 1 are quadratic residues modulo p. So far, all 21 elite primes less than 250 billion were known, together with 24 larger items. We completed the systematic search up to the range of 2.5 · 10 12 finding six more such number...
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