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A057331 a(n) = smallest prime p such that the first n iterates of p under x->2x+1 are all primes. 19
2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 89, 1122659, 19099919, 85864769, 26089808579, 554688278429, 4090932431513069 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENTS

Initial terms of A000040, A005384, A007700, A023272, A023302, A023330.

For n>10 a(n) == -1 (mod 2*3*5*11*13). - Farideh Firoozbakht (mymontain(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 24 2004

LINKS

C. K. Caldwell, Latest results about Cunningham Chains

Index entries for sequences related to primes in arithmetic progressions

EXAMPLE

a(5) = 89 because the numbers 89, 179, 359, 719, 1439, 2879 are all primes and 89 is the first number to have this property.

MATHEMATICA

f[n_] := 2n + 1; k = 1; Do[ While[ Union[ PrimeQ[ NestList[ f, Prime[k], n]]] != {True}, k++ ]; Print[ Prime[k]], {n, 1, 9} ]

CROSSREFS

See also A005602.

Sequence in context: A060359 A029665 A056993 * A067089 A090872 A194330

Adjacent sequences:  A057328 A057329 A057330 * A057332 A057333 A057334

KEYWORD

nonn,nice

AUTHOR

Patrick De Geest (pdg(AT)worldofnumbers.com), Aug 15 2000.

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Farideh Firoozbakht (mymontain(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 24 2004

a(13) (from the Caldwell link) sent by Peter Deleu, Hulste, Belgium, Nov 22, 2004

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