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A358621 Smallest b > 1 such that b^(2^n)+1 is a Sophie Germain prime.

Original entry on oeis.org

2, 2, 160, 140, 2800, 8660, 62150, 4085530, 922820, 4629490, 5802710, 1146175000, 90894850
Offset: 0

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Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Nov 23 2022

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In other words, 2*b^(2^n)+3 is also prime.
For n > 1, a(n) ends in 0 because b is even (or else b^(2^n)+1 would have 2 as a proper divisor) and b == 0 (mod 5) (or else 2*b^(2^n)+3 would have 5 as a proper divisor).

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  • PARI
    a(n)=n<2&&return(2);forstep(b=10,+oo,10,ispseudoprime(b^(2^n)+1)&&ispseudoprime(2*b^(2^n)+3)&&return(b))
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