A005935 Pseudoprimes to base 3.

91, 121, 286, 671, 703, 949, 1105, 1541, 1729, 1891, 2465, 2665, 2701, 2821, 3281, 3367, 3751, 4961, 5551, 6601, 7381, 8401, 8911, 10585, 11011, 12403, 14383, 15203, 15457, 15841, 16471, 16531, 18721, 19345, 23521, 24046, 24661, 24727, 28009, 29161

Offset: 1

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Theorem: If q>3 and both numbers q and (2q-1) are primes then n=q*(2q-1) is a pseudoprime to base 3 (i.e. n is in the sequence). So for n>2, A005382(n)*(2*A005382(n)-1) is in the sequence (see Comments lines for the sequence A122780). 91,703,1891,2701,12403,18721,38503,49141... are such terms. This sequence is a subsequence of A122780. - Farideh Firoozbakht, Sep 13 2006

Composite numbers n such that 3^(n-1) == 1 (mod n).

Theorem (R. Steuerwald, 1948): if n is a pseudoprime to base b and gcd(n,b-1)=1, then (b^n-1)/(b-1) is a pseudoprime to base b. In particular, if n is an odd pseudoprime to base 3, then (3^n-1)/2 is a pseudoprime to base 3. - Thomas Ordowski, Apr 06 2016

Steuerwald's theorem can be strengthened by weakening his assumption as follows: if n is a weak pseudoprime to base b and gcd(n,b-1)=1, then ... - Thomas Ordowski, Feb 23 2021

References

• J.-M. De Koninck, Ces nombres qui nous fascinent, Entry 91, p. 33, Ellipses, Paris 2008.
• R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, A12.
• N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Links

• R. J. Mathar, T. D. Noe and Hiroaki Yamanouchi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..102839 (terms a(1)-a(798) from R. J. Mathar, a(799)-a(1000) from T. D. Noe)
• J. Bernheiden, Pseudoprimes (Text in German)
• C. Pomerance & N. J. A. Sloane, Correspondence, 1991
• F. Richman, Primality testing with Fermat's little theorem
• Carlos Rivera, Conjecture 105: conjecture about twin primes and pseudo twin primes to base 3, The Prime Puzzles & Problems Connection.
• Rudolf Steuerwald, Über die Kongruenz a^(n-1) == 1 (mod n), Sitzungsber. math.-naturw. Kl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München, 1948, pp. 69-70.
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Fermat Pseudoprime
• Index entries for sequences related to pseudoprimes

Crossrefs

Pseudoprimes to other bases: A001567 (2), A005936 (5), A005937 (6), A005938 (7), A005939 (10).

Subsequence of A122780.

Cf. A005382.

Programs

Mathematica

base = 3; t = {}; n = 1; While[Length[t] < 100, n++; If[! PrimeQ[n] && PowerMod[base, n-1, n] == 1, AppendTo[t, n]]]; t (* T. D. Noe, Feb 21 2012 *)

PARI

is_A005935(n)={Mod(3,n)^(n-1)==1 & !ispseudoprime(n) & n>1}  \\ M. F. Hasler, Jul 19 2012

Extensions

More terms from David W. Wilson, Aug 15 1996