Wieferich prime is a prime number $p$ such that $p^2$ divides $2^{p - 1} - 1$. There are only two Wieferich primes known and it is an open problem if there are infinitely many non-Wieferich primes. Mersenne numbers are $M_n=2^n-1$. > When is a prime factor of Mersenne number Wieferich prime? [Wikipedia claims](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieferich_prime#Connection_with_Mersenne_and_Fermat_primes) > A prime divisor $p$ of $M_q$, where $q$ is prime, is a Wieferich prime if and only if $p^2$ divides $M_q$. Wikipedia reference doesn't appear to work, but we found it in paper: [link](http://math.colgate.edu/~integers/t19/t19.pdf) PRIME POWER DIVISORS OF MERSENNE NUMBERS AND WIEFERICH PRIMES OF HIGHER ORDER, Ladislav Skula Confusion is possible, but we believe that Wikipedia's claim implies infinitely many non-Wieferich primes. Assume the set of non-Wieferich primes is finite and let $P$ their product. Then for all primes $q$, $M_q=d u$ where $d$ is divisor of $P$ and $u$ is product of powers of Wieferich primes with exponents at least $2$. If all exponents are $2$, this implies that the squarefree free part of $M_q$ is bounded, which is easily shown to be impossible e.g. see [this queston](https://mathoverflow.net/questions/149511/squarefree-parts-of-mersenne-numbers) > What is wrong with this argument?