Here is what i did :
$$2^{13}\equiv 1 [8191]$$
$$2^{26}\equiv 1 [8191]$$
since $m$ is odd
so $$m-1=26k$$ with $$k\in \mathbb{N}$$
and we have $$2^{m-1}-1\equiv 0 [m]$$
Hence $m$ is prime
soooo $$m=26k+1$$ with $m$ prime
I think that i should prove that there infinitely many primes $m$ such that$m\equiv 1[26]$
2026-05-15 06:46:10.1778827570
prove that there infinitely many $m$ such that $\frac{2^{m-1}-1}{8191m} \in \mathbb{N}$
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What saulspatz said in the comments is true, $2^{m-1}\equiv 1\pmod m$ does not imply that $m$ is prime. However, it is true that $2^{p-1}\equiv 1\pmod p$, for any prime $p>2$, by Fermat's little theorem.
Thus, you are correct, since you only need to show that there are infinitely many such $m$, it is enough to show that there are infinitely many primes of the form $26k + 1$. This follows from Dirichlet's theorem on arithmetic progressions.