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A117387 Prime nearest to 2^n. In case of a tie, choose the smaller. 7
2, 2, 3, 7, 17, 31, 61, 127, 257, 509, 1021, 2053, 4093, 8191, 16381, 32771, 65537, 131071, 262147, 524287, 1048573, 2097143, 4194301, 8388617, 16777213, 33554467, 67108859, 134217757, 268435459, 536870909, 1073741827, 2147483647 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

FORMULA

a(n) = A000079(n) + A059959(n).

MATHEMATICA

f[n_] := Block[{k = 0}, While[ !PrimeQ[2^n - k] && !PrimeQ[2^n + k], k++ ]; Min@Select[{2^n - k, 2^n + k}, PrimeQ@# &]]

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A038075 A032236 A128776 * A113842 A032161 A098738

Adjacent sequences:  A117384 A117385 A117386 * A117388 A117389 A117390

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Lekraj Beedassy (blekraj(AT)yahoo.com), Mar 11 2006

EXTENSIONS

Edited, corrected and extended by Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(at)rgwv.com), Mar 14 2006

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