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Primes of the form (6^m - 1)/5.
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%I #11 Sep 08 2022 08:45:47

%S 7,43,55987,7369130657357778596659,

%T 3546245297457217493590449191748546458005595187661976371

%N Primes of the form (6^m - 1)/5.

%C Prime repunits in base 6 whose representation consists of m 1's. The exponents m are in A004062. a(5) and a(6) have 55 and 99 decimal digits, respectively.

%H Vincenzo Librandi, <a href="/A165210/b165210.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..9</a>

%F a(n) = (6^A004062(n) - 1)/5.

%e a(2) = (6^A004062(2) - 1)/5 = (6^3 - 1)/5 = 215/5 = 43, which is 111_6.

%t Select[Table[(6^n-1)/5, {n,0,2000}], PrimeQ] (* _Vincenzo Librandi_, Dec 09 2011 *)

%o (Magma) [a: n in [1..200] | IsPrime(a) where a is (6^n-1) div 5 ]; // _Vincenzo Librandi_, Dec 09 2011

%Y Cf. A004062, A003464, A085104, A000668, A076481, A086122, A102170, A004022.

%K nonn

%O 1,1

%A _Rick L. Shepherd_, Sep 07 2009