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A000043 Mersenne exponents: primes p such that 2^p - 1 is prime. Then 2^p - 1 is called a Mersenne prime.

2, 3, 5, 7, 13, 17, 19, 31, 61, 89, 107, 127, 521, 607, 1279, 2203, 2281, 3217, 4253, 4423, 9689, 9941, 11213, 19937, 21701, 23209, 44497, 86243, 110503, 132049, 216091, 756839, 859433, 1257787, 1398269, 2976221, 3021377, 6972593, 13466917, 20996011, 24036583, 25964951, 30402457, 32582657, 37156667, 42643801, 43112609, 57885161, 74207281

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N. J. A. Sloane

Equivalently, integers k such that 2^k - 1 is prime.
It is believed (but unproved) that this sequence is infinite. The data suggest that the number of terms up to exponent N is roughly K log N for some constant K.
Length of prime repunits in base 2.
The associated perfect number N=2^(p-1)*M(p) (=A019279*A000668=A000396), has 2p (=A061645) divisors with harmonic mean p (and geometric mean sqrt(N)). - Lekraj Beedassy, Aug 21 2004
In one of his first publications Euler found the numbers up to 31 but erroneously included 41 and 47.
Equals number of bits in binary expansion of n-th Mersenne prime (A117293). - Artur Jasinski, Feb 09 2007
Number of divisors of n-th even perfect number, divided by 2. Number of divisors of n-th even perfect number that are powers of 2. Number of divisors of n-th even perfect number that are multiples of n-th Mersenne prime A000668(n). - Omar E. Pol, Feb 24 2008
Number of divisors of n-th even superperfect number A061652(n). Numbers of divisors of n-th superperfect number A019279(n), assuming there are no odd superperfect numbers. - Omar E. Pol, Mar 01 2008
Differences between exponents when the even perfect numbers are represented as differences of powers of 2, for example: The 5th even perfect number is 33550336 = 2^25 - 2^12 then a(5)=25-12=13 (see A135655, A133033, A090748). - Omar E. Pol, Mar 01 2008
Number of 1's in binary expansion of n-th even perfect number (see A135650). Number of 1's in binary expansion of divisors of n-th even perfect number that are multiples of n-th Mersenne prime A000668(n) (see A135652, A135653, A135654, A135655). - Omar E. Pol, May 04 2008
Indices of the numbers A006516 that are also even perfect numbers. - Omar E. Pol, Aug 30 2008
Indices of Mersenne numbers A000225 that are also Mersenne primes A000668. - Omar E. Pol, Aug 31 2008
The (prime) number p appears in this sequence if and only if there is no prime q<2^p-1 such that the order of 2 modulo q equals p; a special case is that if p=4k+3 is prime and also q=2p+1 is prime then the order of 2 modulo q is p so p is not a term of this sequence. - Joerg Arndt, Jan 16 2011
Primes p such that sigma(2^p) - sigma(2^p-1) = 2^p-1. - Jaroslav Krizek, Aug 02 2013
Integers k such that every degree k irreducible polynomial over GF(2) is also primitive, i.e., has order 2^k-1.  Equivalently, the integers k such that A001037(k) = A011260(k). - Geoffrey Critzer, Dec 08 2019
Conjecture: for k > 1, 2^k-1 is (a Mersenne) prime or k = 2^(2^m)+1 (is a Fermat number) if and only if (k-1)^(2^k-2) == 1 (mod (2^k-1)k^2). - Thomas Ordowski, Oct 05 2023
Conjecture: for p prime, 2^p-1 is (a Mersenne) prime or p = 2^(2^m)+1 (is a Fermat number) if and only if (p-1)^(2^p-2) == 1 (mod 2^p-1). - David Barina, Nov 25 2024
Already as of Dec. 2020, all exponents up to 10^8 had been verified, implying that 74207281, 77232917 and 82589933 are indeed the next three terms. As of today, all exponents up to 130439863 have been tested at least once, see the GIMPS Milestones Report. - M. F. Hasler, Apr 11 2025
On June 23. 2025 all exponents up to 74340751 have been verified, confirming that 74207281 is the exponent of the 49th Mersenne Prime. - Rodolfo Ruiz-Huidobro, Jun 23 2025

			Corresponding to the initial terms 2, 3, 5, 7, 13, 17, 19, 31 ... we get the Mersenne primes 2^2 - 1 = 3, 2^3 - 1 = 7, 2^5 - 1 = 31, 127, 8191, 131071, 524287, 2147483647, ... (see A000668).

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Index entries for sequences of n such that k*2^n-1 (or k*2^n+1) is prime
Index entries for "core" sequences

Cf. A000668 (Mersenne primes).
Cf. A028335 (integer lengths of Mersenne primes).
Cf. A000225 (Mersenne numbers).
Cf. A001348 (Mersenne numbers with n prime).
Cf. A016027, A046051, A057429, A057951-A057958, A066408, A117293, A127962, A127963, A127964, A127965, A127961, A000979, A000978, A124400, A124401, A127955, A127956, A127957, A127958, A127936, A134458, A000225, A000396, A090748, A133033, A135655, A006516, A019279, A061652, A133033, A135650, A135652, A135653, A135654, A260073, A050475, A379590.

MersennePrimeExponent[Range[48]] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 17 2017; updated Oct 21 2024 *)

isA000043(n) = isprime(2^n-1) \\ Michael B. Porter, Oct 28 2009

is(n)=my(h=Mod(2,2^n-1)); for(i=1, n-2, h=2*h^2-1); h==0||n==2 \\ Lucas-Lehmer test for exponent e. - Joerg Arndt, Jan 16 2011, and Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 05 2013
forprime(e=2,5000,if(is(e),print1(e,", "))); /* terms < 5000 */

from sympy import isprime, prime
for n in range(1,100):
    if isprime(2**prime(n)-1):
        print(prime(n), end=', ') # Stefano Spezia, Dec 06 2018

a(n) = log((1/2)*(1+sqrt(1+8*A000396(n))))/log(2). - Artur Jasinski, Sep 23 2008 (under the assumption there are no odd perfect numbers, Joerg Arndt, Feb 23 2014)
a(n) = A000005(A061652(n)). - Omar E. Pol, Aug 26 2009
a(n) = A000120(A000396(n)), assuming there are no odd perfect numbers. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 30 2013

Also in the sequence: p = 74207281. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Jan 19 2016
Also in the sequence: p = 77232917. - Eric W. Weisstein, Jan 03 2018
Also in the sequence: p = 82589933. - Gord Palameta, Dec 21 2018
a(46) = 42643801 and a(47) = 43112609, whose ordinal positions in the sequence are now confirmed, communicated by Eric W. Weisstein, Apr 12 2018
a(48) = 57885161, whose ordinal position in the sequence is now confirmed, communicated by Benjamin Przybocki, Jan 05 2022
Also in the sequence: p = 136279841. - Eric W. Weisstein, Oct 21 2024
As of Jan 31 2025, 48 terms are known, and are shown in the DATA section. Four additional numbers are known to be in the sequence, namely 74207281, 77232917, 82589933, and 136279841, but they may not be the next terms. See the GIMP website for the latest information. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 31 2025

The number of digits of a(n) is equal to 2*A000043(n)-1. The central digit is "1". The first digits are "1". The last digits are "0". The number of digits "1" is equal A000043(n). The number of digits "0" is equal A000043(n)-1.
The concatenation of digits "1" of a(n) gives the n-th Mersenne prime written in binary (see A117293(n)).
Also, the number of digits of a(n) is equal to A133033(n), the number of proper divisors of n-th even perfect number.

Also, superperfect numbers (A019279) written in base 2 (If there are no odd perfect numbers).
Also, concatenation of "1" and A090748(n) digits "0".
The number of digits of a(n) is equal to A000043(n) and also equal to the number of digits of n-th Mersenne prime written in base 2 (see A117293, A135650).

The number of divisors of a(n) is equal to the number of its digits. This number is equal to 2*A000043(n)-2. The number of divisors of a(n) that are powers of 2 is equal to the number of divisors that are multiples of n-th Mersenne prime A000668(n) and this number of divisors is equal to A090748(n). The first digits of a(n) are "1". For n>1 the last digits are "0". The number of digits "1" is equal to A000043(n). The number of digits "0" is equal to A000043(n)-2. The concatenation of digits "1" gives the n-th Mersenne prime written in binary (see A117293(n)). The structure of divisors of a(n) represent a triangle (see example).

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A000043 Mersenne exponents: primes p such that 2^p - 1 is prime. Then 2^p - 1 is called a Mersenne prime.

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A135650 Even perfect numbers written in base 2.

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A135651 Even superperfect numbers written in base 2.

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A135656 Perfect numbers divided by 2, written in base 2.

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A161675 Mersenne primes written in base 8.

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A161677 Mersenne primes written in base 4.

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