A247202 Smallest odd k > 1 such that k*2^n - 1 is a prime number.
3, 3, 3, 3, 7, 3, 3, 5, 7, 5, 3, 5, 9, 5, 9, 17, 7, 3, 51, 17, 7, 33, 13, 39, 57, 11, 21, 27, 7, 213, 15, 5, 31, 3, 25, 17, 21, 3, 25, 107, 15, 33, 3, 35, 7, 23, 31, 5, 19, 11, 21, 65, 147, 5, 3, 33, 51, 77, 45, 17, 69, 53, 9, 3, 67, 63, 43, 63, 51, 27, 73, 5
Offset: 1
Keywords
Links
- Robert G. Wilson v, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10031 (first 5000 terms from Pierre CAMI)
Programs
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Maple
f:= proc(n) local k,p; p:= 2^n; for k from 3 by 2 do if isprime(k*p-1) then return k fi od; end proc: seq(f(n), n=1 .. 100); # Robert Israel, Feb 05 2015
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Mathematica
f[n_] := Block[{k = 3, p = 2^n}, While[ !PrimeQ[k*p - 1], k += 2]; k]; Array[f, 70]
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PARI
a(n) = {k=3; while (!isprime(k*2^n-1), k+=2); k;} \\ Michel Marcus, Nov 25 2014
Formula
a(A002235(n)) = 3.
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