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A084961 Initial prime of a prime chain of length n under the iteration x->6x+5. 6
2, 2, 2, 2, 11, 13, 115571, 23586221, 53165771, 3398453717 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

This is a special case of prime chains generated by f(x) = cx + d.

a(11) > 10175130529. [From Donovan Johnson (donovan.johnson(AT)yahoo.com), Sep 27 2008]

REFERENCES

D. H. Lehmer, On certain chains of primes, Proc. London Math. Soc. (3) 14a 1965 183-186.

EXAMPLE

a(3)=2 since 2, f(2) =17 and f(17) =107 are primes when f(x) = 6x+5

CROSSREFS

Cf. A057330, A057331, A083388, A084954, A084955, A084956, A084957, A084958, A084959, A084960.

Sequence in context: A112727 A164918 A147822 * A029643 A100687 A067096

Adjacent sequences:  A084958 A084959 A084960 * A084962 A084963 A084964

KEYWORD

more,nonn

AUTHOR

W. Edwin Clark (eclark(AT)math.usf.edu), Jun 14 2003

EXTENSIONS

a(8)-a(10) from Donovan Johnson (donovan.johnson(AT)yahoo.com), Sep 27 2008

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