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Woodal Primes

There are infinitely many prime numbers of the form k * 2 ^ k - 1 for k > 1.

Mathematical statement

There are infinitely many prime numbers of the form k * 2 ^ k - 1 for k > 1.

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infinitely_many_woodall_primes

Canonical source
Complete statement target, proof intentionally absentLean 4
theorem infinitely_many_woodall_primes : {k :  | 1 < k  (k * 2 ^ k - 1).Prime}.Infinite := by  sorry
Statement source
Formal Conjectures
Lean version
v4.27.0
Placeholder
Present; no proof artifact
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