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Total number of divisors of factorial of a number
I came across a problem of how to calculate total number of divisors of factorial of a number. I know that total number of divisor of a number $n= p_1^a p_2^b p_3^c $ is $(a+1)*(b+1)*(c+1)$ where $a,...
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How does one prove that $(2\uparrow\uparrow16)+1$ is composite?
Just to be clear, close observation will show that this is not the Fermat numbers.
I was reading some things (link) when I came across the footnote on page 21, which states the following:
$$F_1=2+1\...