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A007802
Numbers n such that game of n X n Button Madness need have no solution; this lists only the primitive elements of the set.
3
3, 5, 17, 31, 127, 257, 511, 683, 2047, 2731, 3277, 3641, 8191, 43691, 52429, 61681, 65537, 85489, 131071, 174763, 178481, 233017, 253241, 256999, 486737, 524287, 704093, 838861, 1016801, 1082401, 1657009, 1838599, 1965379, 2304167, 2796203, 3033169, 3303821
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Primitive elements of A165740. - Thomas Buchholz, May 23 2014
Andries E. Brouwer remarks that it can be shown that this sequence is infinite and contains A000668 > 7 and A019434. - Thomas Buchholz, May 23 2014
LINKS
N. J. A. Sloane, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..42 [Copied from Brouwer's MAD numbers web page]
Andries E. Brouwer, MAD numbers
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Aart Blokhuis (aartb(AT)win.tue.nl), Mar 15 1996
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Andries E. Brouwer, May 31 2002, Sep 10 2012
STATUS
approved