OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..170
Chris Caldwell, The Top 20 Generalized Woodall Primes
Chris Caldwell, The Prime Glossary, Woodall prime
G. L. Honaker, Jr. and Chris Caldwell, 17962...40287 (1006-digits)
G. L. Honaker, Jr. and Chris Caldwell, 19981...99999 (10028-digits)
PrimeGrid, Home Page
Wikipedia, Woodall number
EXAMPLE
167*2^668 - 1 is a prime number and 167*2^668 - 1 = 167*16^167 - 1, so this number is in the sequence.
MATHEMATICA
lst = {}; Do[p = n*b^n - 1; If[p < 10^200 && PrimeQ[p], AppendTo[lst, p]], {b, 3, 100}, {n, b - 1, 413}]; Sort@lst
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Mar 20 2012
STATUS
approved