login
This site is supported by donations to The OEIS Foundation.
Logo

Hints
(Greetings from The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences!)
A086258 a(n) is the smallest k such that 2^k+1 has n primitive prime factors. 1
0, 14, 26, 46, 83, 118, 309, 194, 414, 538, 786 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

A prime factor of 2^n+1 is called primitive if it does not divide 2^r+1 for any r<n. See A086257 for the number of primitive prime factors in 2^n+1. It is known that a(8) = 194.

Next term is > 666. - David Wasserman (wasserma(AT)spawar.navy.mil), Feb 25 2005

REFERENCES

J. Brillhart et al., Factorizations of b^n +- 1. Contemporary Mathematics, Vol. 22, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 3rd edition, 2002.

LINKS

J. Brillhart et al., Factorizations of b^n +- 1 Available on-line

EXAMPLE

a(2) = 14 because 2^14+1 = 5*29*113 and 29 and 113 do not divide 2^r+1 for r < 14.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A086257.

Cf. A086252.

Sequence in context: A082773 A112772 A155505 * A063799 A086451 A190991

Adjacent sequences:  A086255 A086256 A086257 * A086259 A086260 A086261

KEYWORD

hard,more,nonn

AUTHOR

T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Jul 14 2003

EXTENSIONS

More terms from David Wasserman (wasserma(AT)spawar.navy.mil), Feb 25 2005

a(11) from D. S. McNeil (mcneil(AT)hku.hk), Dec 19 2010

Lookup | Welcome | Wiki | Register | Music | Plot 2 | Demos | Index | Browse | More | WebCam
Contribute new seq. or comment | Format | Transforms | Puzzles | Hot | Classics
Recent Additions | More pages | Superseeker | Maintained by The OEIS Foundation Inc.

Content is available under The OEIS End-User License Agreement .

Last modified February 15 17:46 EST 2012. Contains 205835 sequences.