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A051919 Start with n, apply k->2k+1 until reach new record prime; sequence gives record primes. 2
3, 7, 11, 31, 79, 191, 223, 8191, 73727, 81919, 738197503, 51539607551, 3232601036663613174009984612954335460652964980182760163363015849805536730581466940964863 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

EXAMPLE

0->1->3, new record prime 3 in 2 steps; 1->3->7, new record prime 7 in 2 steps; 2->5->11, new record prime 11 in 2 steps; 3->7->15->31, new record prime 31 in 3 steps; ...

CROSSREFS

Cf. A051918, A052333.

Sequence in context: A131588 A091938 A186893 * A119175 A038913 A141178

Adjacent sequences:  A051916 A051917 A051918 * A051920 A051921 A051922

KEYWORD

nice,nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Dec 18 1999

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Naohiro Nomoto (6284968128(AT)geocities.co.jp), May 21 2001, who reports that the next term is > 10^130.

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