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Iruka

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Obviously it isn't prime. (Think: difference of two squares.)

2n -1 can be prime only if n itself is a prime, and even then primality is not guaranteed.
 

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Obviously it isn't prime. (Think: difference of two squares.)

2n -1 can be prime only if n itself is a prime, and even then primality is not guaranteed.
I thought about the difference of two squares. Dude...that is ownage.
 

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