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m2prm
Description:
The second Mersenne number M_2 = 3 is a prime number.
(Contributed by
AV
, 16-Aug-2021)
Ref
Expression
Assertion
m2prm
⊢
2
2
−
1
∈
ℙ
Proof
Step
Hyp
Ref
Expression
1
sq2
⊢
2
2
=
4
2
1
oveq1i
⊢
2
2
−
1
=
4
−
1
3
4m1e3
⊢
4
−
1
=
3
4
2
3
eqtri
⊢
2
2
−
1
=
3
5
3prm
⊢
3
∈
ℙ
6
4
5
eqeltri
⊢
2
2
−
1
∈
ℙ