OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
All prime divisors of Q^4 - Q^2 + 1 are congruent to 1 modulo 12.
REFERENCES
K. Ireland and M. Rosen, A Classical Introduction to Modern Number Theory, Springer-Verlag, NY, Second Edition (1990), p. 63.
EXAMPLE
a(3) = 128758492789 is the smallest prime divisor of Q^4 - Q^2 + 1 = 18561733755472408508281 = 128758492789 * 144159296629, where Q = 13 * 28393.
MATHEMATICA
a = {13}; q = 1;
For[n = 2, n ≤ 8, n++,
q = q*Last[a];
AppendTo[a, Min[Select[FactorInteger[q^4 - q^2 + 1][[All, 1]],
Mod[#, 12] == 1 &]]];
];
a (* Robert Price, Jun 25 2015 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
more,nonn
AUTHOR
Nick Hobson, Nov 18 2006
EXTENSIONS
a(8) from Robert Price, Jun 25 2015
STATUS
approved