The Fermat numbers have many notable properties, including order universality,
coprimality, and definition by a recurrence relation. We use rational points of infinite
order on elliptic curves to generate sequences that are analogous to the Fermat
numbers. We demonstrate that these sequences have many of the same properties as
the Fermat numbers, and we discuss results about the prime factors of sequences
generated by specific curves and points.
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