A065406 Mersenne prime exponents (A000043) which are also Sophie Germain primes (A005384).
2, 3, 5, 89, 9689, 21701, 859433, 43112609
Offset: 1
Examples
31 = 2^5 - 1 and 11 = 2 * 5 + 1 are primes.
Links
- David W. Ash, Ian F. Blake, and Scott A. Vanstone, Low Complexity Normal Bases, Discrete Applied Mathematics, 25(1989), 206.
- Kent D. Boklan, John H. Conway, Expect at most one billionth of a new Fermat Prime!, arXiv:1605.01371 [math.NT], 2016, p. 6.
Programs
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Mathematica
Select[Prime[Range[1000]], PrimeQ[2# + 1] && PrimeQ[2^# - 1] &] (* Alonso del Arte, Jul 20 2018 *) Select[Prime@ Range[10^6], And[PrimeQ[2 # + 1], MersennePrimeExponentQ@ #] &] (* Michael De Vlieger, Jul 20 2018 *)
Extensions
a(8) = 43112609, since the ordinal position of this term in A000043 is now confirmed. - Gord Palameta, Jul 19 2018
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