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A182591
Number of prime factors of form cn+1 for numbers 3^n-1
1
0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1, 5, 2, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 3, 5, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 2, 4, 3, 6, 3, 2, 5, 6, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 2, 4, 5, 3, 3, 2, 3, 1, 4, 4, 5, 3, 5, 4, 9, 3, 3, 3, 5, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4
OFFSET
2,4
LINKS
EXAMPLE
For n=6, 3^n-1=728 has two prime factors of the form cn+1, namely 7=n+1 and 13=2n+1. Thus a(6)=2.
MATHEMATICA
m = 3; n = 2; nmax = 170;
While[n <= nmax, {l = FactorInteger[m^n - 1]; s = 0;
For[i = 1, i <= Length[l],
i++, {p = l[[i, 1]];
If[IntegerQ[(p - 1)/n] == True, s = s + l[[i, 2]]]; }];
a[n] = s; } n++; ];
Table[a[n], {n, 2, nmax}]
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A066855 A175685 A331182 * A321393 A058914 A238585
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Seppo Mustonen, Nov 22 2010
STATUS
approved