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A002588 a(n) = largest noncomposite factor of 2^(2n+1) - 1.
(Formerly M4401 N1856)
1
1, 7, 31, 127, 73, 89, 8191, 151, 131071, 524287, 337, 178481, 1801, 262657, 2089, 2147483647, 599479, 122921, 616318177, 121369, 164511353, 2099863, 23311, 13264529, 4432676798593, 131071, 20394401, 201961, 1212847, 3203431780337 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

REFERENCES

J. Brillhart et al., Factorizations of b^n +- 1. Contemporary Mathematics, Vol. 22, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2nd edition, 1985; and later supplements.

M. Kraitchik, Recherches sur la Th\'{e}orie des Nombres. Gauthiers-Villars, Paris, Vol. 1, 1924, Vol. 2, 1929, see Vol. 2, p. 84.

N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

LINKS

J. Brillhart et al., Factorizations of b^n +- 1, Contemporary Mathematics, Vol. 22, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 3rd edition, 2002.

S. S. Wagstaff, Jr., The Cunningham Project

CROSSREFS

Cf. A002184.

Sequence in context: A048775 A125193 A002184 * A036280 A153005 A056909

Adjacent sequences:  A002585 A002586 A002587 * A002589 A002590 A002591

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Don Reble (djr(AT)nk.ca), Nov 14 2006

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