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A161748
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Smallest prime in the set of primes of the form x^n - y^(n-1), 1<=x, 1<=y.
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2, 2, 2, 17, 31, 971, 127, 856073, 19427, 58537, 176123, 529393, 8191, 128467258961, 977123207545039, 43013953, 131071, 3814697134553, 524287, 79792266297087713
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OFFSET
| 1,1
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COMMENTS
| The function x^n -y^(n-1) has some prime values if x and y are covering the
first quadrant. The smallest of these primes defines a(n).
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EXAMPLE
| 3^1 - 1^0 = 2, 2^2 - 2 = 2, 3^3 - 5^2 = 2, so 2,2,2 are the first 3 entries.
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PROG
| (PARI) diffpowers(n, m) =
{
local(a, c=0, c2=0, j, k, y);
a=vector(floor(n^2/log(n^2)));
for(j=1, n,
for(k=1, n,
y=j^m-k^(m-1);
if(ispseudoprime(y), c++; a[c]=y; );
);
);
a=vecsort(a);
for(j=2, length(a),
if(a[j]!=a[j-1]&&a[j]!=0, c2++; print1(a[j]", "); if(c2>100, break); );
);
}
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CROSSREFS
| Sequence in context: A025521 A068218 A098919 * A079007 A087238 A099640
Adjacent sequences: A161745 A161746 A161747 * A161749 A161750 A161751
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KEYWORD
| nonn
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AUTHOR
| Cino Hilliard (hillcino368(AT)hotmail.com), Jun 17 2009
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EXTENSIONS
| Definition reworded - R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Aug 30 2010
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