OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The smaller of the two prime factors is given in A083341. The next candidates for a continuation are 55 and 61. (55!)^2 + 1 is composite with 147 decimal digits and unknown factorization.
(55!)^2 + 1 has been factored using ECM into P52*P96 with P52 = A083341(15). (61!)^2 + 1 is composite with 168 decimal digits. - Hugo Pfoertner, Jul 13 2019
Using CADO-NFS, (61!)^2 + 1 has been factored into P58*P110 with P58 = A282706(61) in 17 days wall clock time using 56 million CPU seconds. a(18) >= 75. - Hugo Pfoertner, Aug 04 2019
LINKS
The CADO-NFS Development Team, Cado-NFS, An Implementation of the Number Field Sieve Algorithm, Release 2.3.0, 2017
Andrew Walker, Factors of (n!)^2+1.
factordb.com, Status of 75!^2+1.
EXAMPLE
a(1)=6 because (6!)^2+1=518401=13*39877 is a semiprime.
MATHEMATICA
Select[Range[60], PrimeOmega[(#!)^2+1]==2&] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 12 2018 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,more,hard
AUTHOR
Hugo Pfoertner, Apr 24 2003
EXTENSIONS
a(15) from Hugo Pfoertner, Jul 13 2019
a(16), a(17) from Hugo Pfoertner, Aug 04 2019
STATUS
approved