OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
By Zsigmondy's theorem, the n-th Zsigmondy number for bases a and b is not 1 except in the three cases (1) a = 2, b = 1, n = 1, (2) a = 2, b = 1, n = 6, (3) n = 2 and a+b is a power of 2.
LINKS
K. Zsigmondy, Zur Theorie der Potenzreste, Monatsh. f. Math. 3 (1892) 265-284.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Jens Voß, Sep 04 2001
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Vladeta Jovovic, Sep 06 2001
Definition corrected by Jerry Metzger, Nov 04 2009
STATUS
approved