A375161 Numbers k such that (23^k - 2^k)/21 is prime.

5, 11, 197, 4159

Offset: 1

Author

Robert Price, Aug 04 2024

Keywords

• nonn
• hard
• more

Comments

The definition implies that k must be a prime.

a(5) > 10^5.

Links

• J. Brillhart et al., Factorizations of b^n +- 1, Contemporary Mathematics, Vol. 22, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 3rd edition, 2002.
• P. Bourdelais, A Generalized Repunit Conjecture
• H. Dubner and T. Granlund, Primes of the Form (b^n+1)/(b+1), J. Integer Sequences, 3 (2000), #P00.2.7.
• H. Lifchitz, Mersenne and Fermat primes field
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Repunit.

Crossrefs

Cf. A062587, A062589, A127996, A127997, A128344, A204940, A217320, A225807, A229542.

Programs

Mathematica

Select[Prime[Range[100]], PrimeQ[(23^# - 2^#)/21] &]