A002185 Smallest primitive factor of 2^(2n+1) + 1.

3, 1, 11, 43, 19, 683, 2731, 331, 43691, 174763, 5419, 2796203, 251, 87211, 59, 715827883, 67, 281, 1777, 22366891, 83, 2932031007403, 18837001, 283, 4363953127297, 307, 107, 2971, 571, 2833, 768614336404564651, 77158673929, 131, 7327657, 139, 56409643, 1753

Offset: 0

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Keywords

• nonn

References

• J. Brillhart et al., Factorizations of b^n +- 1. Contemporary Mathematics, Vol. 22, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2nd edition, 1985; and later supplements.
• M. Kraitchik, Recherches sur la Théorie des Nombres. Gauthiers-Villars, Paris, Vol. 1, 1924, Vol. 2, 1929, see Vol. 2, p. 85.
• N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
• N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Links

• Max Alekseyev, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..568
• J. Brillhart et al., Factorizations of b^n +- 1, Contemporary Mathematics, Vol. 22, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 3rd edition, 2002.
• S. S. Wagstaff, Jr., The Cunningham Project

Crossrefs

Cf. A002589, A086257, A112927.

Extensions

Terms a(25) onward from Max Alekseyev, Oct 16 2022