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Indices n such that Nexus number of 7 order (or A022523(n-1) = n^7 - (n-1)^7) is prime are listed in A121619(n) = {2,4,7,8,9,10,12,17,26, 33,36,39,41,49,51,55,59,66,78,79,80,88,96,98,...}. a(1) = 127 is Mersenne prime A000668(4).

Corresponding Nexus primes of order 7 (or primes of form A022523(n-1) = n^7 - (n-1)^7) are listed in A121618[n] = {127, 14197, 543607, 1273609, 2685817, 5217031, 16344637, 141903217,...}.

Because x^5-y^5 = (x-y)(x^4+x^3*y+x^2*y^2+x*y^3+y^4), the difference of two 5th powers is a prime number only if x=y+1, in which case all the primes are in A121616. The number 7744 is the first of an infinite number of squares in this sequence.

All Mersenne primes of form 2^p-1 = {3, 7, 31, 127, 8191,...} belong to a(n). Mersenne prime A000668(n) = a(k) when prime(k) = A000043(n). Last digit is always 1 for Nexus numbers of form n^p - (n-1)^p with p = {5, 13, 17, 29, 37, 41, 53, 61, 73, 89, 97, 101,...} = A004144(n) Pythagorean primes: primes of form 4n+1.

The elements of A022521 are sometimes called Nexus number of order 5, see there.

The terms should have 1 subtracted, since indices of primes in A022521 are 1, 2, 5, 10, 16, 19, 24, 27, 30, 31, 34, 35, 41, 44, 46, .... - M. F. Hasler, Jan 27 2013

Corresponding Nexus Primes of order 5 (or primes of form (n+1)^5 - n^5 = A022521(n)) are listed in A121616 = {31, 211, 4651, 61051, 371281, 723901, 1803001, 2861461, ...}.

a(19) = 19^1607 - 18^1607, which is too large to include. It has 2055 decimal digits. See A062585(1) = 1607.

a(20)-a(21) = {723901, 8005616640331026125580781}. a(n) is currently known for all n up to n = 96. Corresponding smallest odd primes p such that (n+1)^p - n^p is prime are listed in A125713(n) = {3,3,3,3,5,3,7,7,3,3,3,17,3,3,43,5,3,10957,5,19,127,229,3,3,3,13,3,3,149,3,5,3,23,3,5,83,3,3,37,7,3,3,37,5,3,5,58543,...}. a(n+1) = A065013(n) for n = {4, 7, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 31, ...} = A047845(n) = (n-1)/2, where n runs through odd nonprimes (A014076), for n>1.

Number of primes less than 10^n and equal to the difference of two consecutive fifth powers (x+1)^5 - x^5 = 5x(x+1)(x^2+x+1)+1 (A121616). Values of x = A121617. Sequence of number of primes less than 10^n and of the form (x+1)^5 - x^5 have similar characteristics to similar sequences for natural primes (A006880) and cuban primes (A113478).

Partial sums of primes equal to the difference of two consecutive fifth powers (x+1)^5 - x^5 = 5x(x+1)(x^2+x+1)+1 (A121616). Values of x = A121617. Number of primes equal (x+1)^5 - x^5 < 10^(n) in A221846. Partial sums of number of primes of the form (x+1)^5 - x^5 have similar characteristics to similar sequences for natural primes (A007504) and cuban primes (A221793).

Number of primes having n digits and equal to the difference of two consecutive fifth powers (x+1)^5 - x^5 = 5x(x+1)(x^2+x+1)+1 (A121616). Values of x = A121617. Sequence of number of primes having n digits and of the form (x+1)^5 - x^5 have similar characteristics to similar sequences for natural primes (A006879) and cuban primes (A221792).

Number of primes equal to the difference of two consecutive fifth powers (x+1)^5 - x^5 = 5x(x+1)(x^2+x+1)+1 (A121616) with x <= 10^n. Values of x = A121617. Sequence of number of primes of the form (x+1)^5 - x^5 with x <= 10^n have similar characteristics to similar sequences for natural primes and cuban primes (A221794).