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A153440 Numbers k such that k^9*(k^9+1)+1 is prime 1
1, 2, 11, 44, 45, 56, 62, 63, 110, 170, 219, 234, 245, 261, 263, 333, 395, 398, 402, 413, 428, 434, 437, 498, 557, 558, 578, 633, 692, 695, 723, 731, 750, 761, 774, 794, 797, 804, 806, 846, 854, 855, 863, 906, 923, 926, 977, 1046, 1085, 1086 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Numbers of the form k^n*(k^n+1)+1 with n > 0, k > 1 may be primes only if n has the form 3^j When n is even k^(4*n)+k^(2*n)+1=(k^(2*n)+1)^2-(k^n)^2=(k^(2*n)+k^n+1)*(k^(2*n)-k^n+1) so composite But why if n odd > 3 and not a power of 3 k^n*(k^n+1)+1 is alway composite ??

LINKS

Pierre CAMI, Table of n, a(n) for n=1,...,38019

CROSSREFS

A153438

Sequence in context: A050620 A027253 A066058 * A181369 A037744 A037625

Adjacent sequences:  A153437 A153438 A153439 * A153441 A153442 A153443

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Pierre CAMI (pierre-cami(AT)bbox.fr), Dec 26 2008

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