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A139474 a(n)=((2*Sqrt[2] + 3)^(2^(Prime[n] - 1) - 1) - (3 - 2*Sqrt[2])^(2^(Prime[n] - 1) - 1))/(4*Sqrt[2]). 5
1, 35, 53789260175, 300027707381709879256191290532493317737977820735 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Next term a(5) has 783 decimal digits

Conjecture of Kenneth J. Ramsey (RamseyKK2(AT)aol.com) from May 16 2006 (see A001109): a(n) is divisible by 2^Prime[n]-1 if and only 2^Prime[n]-1 is Mersenne prime

MATHEMATICA

Table[Expand[((2*Sqrt[2] + 3)^(2^(Prime[n] - 1) - 1) - (3 - 2*Sqrt[2])^(2^(Prime[n] - 1) - 1))/(4*Sqrt[2])], {n, 1, 10}] (*Artur Jasinski*)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A001109, A139474, A139475, A139476.

Sequence in context: A110596 A126029 A107736 * A023929 A010113 A167264

Adjacent sequences:  A139471 A139472 A139473 * A139475 A139476 A139477

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Artur Jasinski (grafix(AT)csl.pl), Apr 22 2008

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