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A009661
Smallest number m such that m^m+1 is divisible by n.
0
0, 0, 5, 3, 2, 5, 3, 7, 17, 9, 21, 11, 6, 3, 29, 15, 24, 17, 27, 19, 41, 21, 11, 23, 18, 25, 53, 3, 14, 29, 15, 31, 35, 33, 69, 35, 6, 27, 77, 39, 25, 41, 63, 35, 89, 11, 23, 47, 97, 49, 101, 51, 26, 53, 109, 55, 113, 35, 117, 59, 30, 15, 125, 63, 18, 35, 99, 67, 11, 69, 35, 71, 9, 27
OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
If n is odd, then a(n) <= 2*n - 1. If n is even, then a(n) <= n - 1. - Thomas Ordowski, Dec 03 2023
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = my(m=0); while ((1+Mod(m, n)^m) != 0, m++); m; \\ Michel Marcus, Dec 03 2023
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
STATUS
approved