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A002590 a(n) = largest noncomposite factor of 16^n + 1.
(Formerly M5046 N2180)
2
1, 17, 257, 241, 65537, 61681, 673, 15790321, 6700417, 38737, 4278255361, 2931542417, 22253377, 308761441, 54410972897, 4562284561, 67280421310721, 2879347902817, 487824887233, 24517014940753, 44479210368001, 88959882481 (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. 88.

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

Sequence in context: A015675 A029462 A098302 * A090457 A174408 A193329

Adjacent sequences:  A002587 A002588 A002589 * A002591 A002592 A002593

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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