Colin the Mathmo<p>Fermat conjectured that for \(n\) a non-negative integer, all numbers of the form \(2^{2^n}+1\) are prime.</p><p>Was there ever a worse conjecture in maths than that?</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Maths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maths</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Math</span></a> <br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathsEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MathsEd</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MathEd</span></a> <br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathsChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MathsChat</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MathChat</span></a> <br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Fermat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fermat</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Conjecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conjecture</span></a> <br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Primes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Primes</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/FermatPrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FermatPrimes</span></a></p>