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Sierpiński numbers

References:

Wikipedia, Sierpiński number
[Si60] Sierpiński, W., Elementary Theory of Numbers. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warsaw (1960).

A positive odd integer $k$ is a Sierpiński number if $k \cdot 2^n + 1$ is composite for all natural numbers $n$.

Imports (1)

FormalConjecturesForMathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Composite

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FormalConjecturesForMathlib.lean

def Nat.IsSierpinskiNumber A positive odd integer $k$ is a Sierpiński number if $k \cdot 2^n + 1$ is composite for all natural numbers $n$ line 42 source
Source documentation
A positive odd integer $k$ is a Sierpiński number if $k \cdot 2^n + 1$ is composite for all natural numbers $n$. In other words, every member of the set $\{k \cdot 2^n + 1 : n \in \mathbb{N}\}$ is composite.

L4DEL explanation
A positive odd integer $k$ is a Sierpiński number if $k \cdot 2^n + 1$ is composite for all natural numbers $n$. In other words, every member of the set $\{k \cdot 2^n + 1 : n \in \mathbb{N}\}$ is composite.
Sources and attribution: Pinned Lean source (1646ca16afd6)

standard axioms: propext what this means
Statement uses: Nat
Proof uses: And, Not, Dvd.dvd, OfNat.ofNat, Nat.Composite, HAdd.hAdd, HMul.hMul, HPow.hPow
10 instances, coercions and auxiliary constants left out.
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def IsSierpinskiNumber (k : ℕ) : Prop :=
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