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A056826 Primes p such that (p^p + 1)/(p + 1) is a prime. 4
3, 5, 17, 157 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

Note that (n^n+1)/(n+1) is prime only if n is prime, in which case it equals cyclotomic(2n,n), the 2n-th cyclotomic polynomial evaluated at x=n. This sequence is a subset of A088817. Are there only a finite number of these primes? - T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Oct 20 2003

REFERENCES

J.-M. De Koninck, Ces nombres qui nous fascinent, Entry 157, p. 51, Ellipses, Paris 2008.

R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Theory of Numbers, 1994 A3.

LINKS

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Cyclotomic Polynomial

MATHEMATICA

Do[ If[ PrimeQ[ (Prime[ n ]^Prime[ n ] + 1)/(Prime[ n ] + 1) ], Print[ Prime[ n ] ] ], {n, 1, 213} ]

Do[p=Prime[n]; If[PrimeQ[(p^p+1)/(p+1)], Print[p]], {n, 100}] (from T. D. Noe)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A088790 ((n^n-1)/(n-1) is prime), A088817 (cyclotomic(2n, n) is prime).

Sequence in context: A107312 A083213 A171271 * A058910 A023394 A176689

Adjacent sequences:  A056823 A056824 A056825 * A056827 A056828 A056829

KEYWORD

hard,nonn

AUTHOR

Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Aug 29 2000

EXTENSIONS

Definition corrected by Alexander Adamchuk, Nov 12 2006

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