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A386857 Numbers k such that both 9*2^k - 1 and 9*2^k + 1 are prime.

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%I A386857 #22 Aug 17 2025 14:08:04
%S A386857 1,3,7,43,63,211
%N A386857 Numbers k such that both 9*2^k - 1 and 9*2^k + 1 are prime.
%C A386857 The exponent, k, of 2 must be odd because the exponent, 2, of 3 (where 9 = 3^2) is even and the sum of the exponents of prime factors 2 and 3 must be odd to form a product that is a twin prime average. Of all subsequences of A027856, this is the longest known where the power of 3 is fixed.
%C A386857 Amiram Eldar noted that using A002236 and A002256, we obtain a(7) > 5.6*10^6, if it exists.
%e A386857 a(1) = 1 because 2*9 = 18 with 17 and 19 prime.
%e A386857 a(2) = 3 because 8*9 = 72 with 71 and 73 prime.
%e A386857 a(3) = 7 because 128*9 = 1152 with 1151 and 1153 prime.
%e A386857 a(4) = 43 because 8796093022208*9 = 79164837199872 with 79164837199871 and 79164837199873 prime.
%p A386857 q:= k-> (m-> andmap(isprime, [m-1, m+1]))(9*2^k):
%p A386857 select(q, [2*i-1$i=1..111])[];  # _Alois P. Heinz_, Aug 08 2025
%o A386857 (Python)
%o A386857 from gmpy2 import is_prime
%o A386857 def is_TPpi2(e2, e3):
%o A386857     N = 2**e2 * 3**e3
%o A386857     return is_prime(N-1) and is_prime(N+1)
%o A386857 print([k for k in range(1, 100001, 2) if is_TPpi2(k, 2)])
%Y A386857 Intersection of A002236 and A002256.
%Y A386857 Cf. A014574, A384530, A027856, A385433, A181490.
%K A386857 nonn,more
%O A386857 1,2
%A A386857 _Ken Clements_, Aug 05 2025