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A048744 Numbers n such that 2^n - n is prime. 7
2, 3, 9, 13, 19, 21, 55, 261, 3415, 4185, 7353, 12213, 44169, 60975, 61011, 108049, 182451, 228271, 481801, 500899, 505431 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

REFERENCES

J.-M. De Koninck, Ces nombres qui nous fascinent, Entry 261, p. 70, Ellipses, Paris 2008.

LINKS

Henri Lifchitz, Renaud Lifchitz, PRP Top Records. 2^n-n.

EXAMPLE

2^55 - 55 = 36028797018963913 is prime.

MATHEMATICA

Do[ If[ PrimeQ[ 2^n - n ], Print[ n ] ], {n, 0, 7353} ]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000325, A081296, A052007.

Sequence in context: A175206 A032486 A123859 * A101234 A057293 A109662

Adjacent sequences:  A048741 A048742 A048743 * A048745 A048746 A048747

KEYWORD

nonn,nice,hard

AUTHOR

G. L. Honaker, Jr. (honak3r(AT)gmail.com)

EXTENSIONS

261 and 3415 found by Warut Roonguthai (warut822(AT)yahoo.com)

4185 and 7353 are probable primes (the latter was found by Jud McCranie).

12213 found by Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Jan 02 2001.

More terms from Henri Lifchitz contributed by Ray Chandler (rayjchandler(AT)sbcglobal.net), Mar 02 2007

Edited by T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Oct 30 2008

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