A181126 Difference of two positive 7th powers.

0, 127, 2059, 2186, 14197, 16256, 16383, 61741, 75938, 77997, 78124, 201811, 263552, 277749, 279808, 279935, 543607, 745418, 807159, 821356, 823415, 823542, 1273609, 1817216, 2019027, 2080768, 2094965, 2097024, 2097151, 2685817

Offset: 1

Author

T. D. Noe, Oct 06 2010

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Because x^7-y^7 = (x-y)(x^6+x^5*y+x^4*y^2+x^3*y^3+x^2*y^4+x*y^5+y^6), the difference of two 7th powers is a prime number only if x=y+1, in which case all the primes are in A121618.

The number 67675234241018881 = 127^8 is the first of an infinite number of squares of the form (b^(7k)-1)^8 in this sequence. Are any other squares possible?

Links

• T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..1000

Crossrefs

Cf. A024352 (squares), A181123 (cubes), A147857 (4th powers), A181124-A181128 (5th to 9th powers)

Programs

Mathematica

nn=10^12; p=7; Union[Reap[Do[n=i^p-j^p; If[n<=nn, Sow[n]], {i,Ceiling[(nn/p)^(1/(p-1))]}, {j,i}]][[2,1]]]
Join[{0},#[[2]]-#[[1]]&/@Subsets[Range[10]^7,{2}]//Union] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 23 2024 *)