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A095303 Smallest number k such that k^n-2 is prime. 3
4, 3, 9, 3, 3, 3, 7, 7, 3, 21, 9, 7, 19, 5, 7, 39, 15, 61, 15, 19, 21, 3, 19, 17, 21, 5, 21, 7, 85, 17, 7, 21, 511, 27, 27, 59, 3, 19, 91, 45, 3, 29, 321, 65, 9, 993, 69, 125, 49, 5, 9, 45, 289, 341, 61, 89, 171, 171, 139, 21, 139, 75, 25, 49, 15, 51, 57, 175, 31, 137, 147, 25, 441 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

LINKS

PFGW, User group for the PrimeForm program.

EXAMPLE

a(1)=4 because 4^1-2=2 is prime, a(3)=9 because 3^3-2=25, 5^3-2=123 and 7^3-2=341=11*31 are composite, whereas 9^3-2=727 is prime.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A095304 corresponding primes, A087576 smallest k such that k^n+2 is prime, A095302 corresponding primes.

Sequence in context: A108623 A159550 A155536 * A074123 A016704 A131896

Adjacent sequences:  A095300 A095301 A095302 * A095304 A095305 A095306

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Hugo Pfoertner (hugo(AT)pfoertner.org), Jun 01 2004

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