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A200923
Least k such that (3^n - k)*3^n + 1 is a prime number.
5
1, 1, 7, 1, 3, 1, 7, 5, 9, 29, 19, 1, 7, 49, 49, 9, 23, 1, 3, 29, 53, 39, 41, 35, 7, 5, 51, 33, 3, 81, 83, 15, 21, 31, 61, 69, 67, 87, 27, 5, 19, 55, 153, 35, 99, 31, 23, 49, 47, 95, 3, 115, 89, 55, 23, 61, 139, 49, 87, 5, 153, 87, 269, 113, 67, 207, 41, 33
OFFSET
1,3
MATHEMATICA
Table[k = 0; While[!PrimeQ[(3^n - k)*3^n + 1], k++]; k, {n, 72}]
lk[n_]:=Module[{c=3^n, k=1}, While[!PrimeQ[(c-k)*c+1], k++]; k]; Array[lk, 70] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 15 2017 *)
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Michel Lagneau, Nov 24 2011
STATUS
approved