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A014117
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Numbers n such that m^(n+1) == m (mod n) holds for all m.
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41
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OFFSET
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1,2
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COMMENTS
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"Somebody incorrectly remembered Fermat's little theorem as saying that the congruence a^{n+1} = a (mod n) holds for all a if n is prime" (Zagier). The sequence gives the set of integers n for which this property is in fact true.
If i == j (mod n), then m^i == m^j (mod n) for all m. The latter congruence generally holds for any (m, n)=1 with i == j (mod k), k being the order of m modulo n, i.e., the least power k for which m^k == 1 (mod n). - Lekraj Beedassy, Jul 04 2002
Also, numbers n such that n divides denominator of the n-th Bernoulli number B(n) (cf. A106741). Also, numbers n such that 1^n + 2^n + 3^n + ... + n^n == 1 (mod n). Equivalently, numbers n such that B(n)*n == 1 (mod n). Equivalently, Sum_{prime p, (p-1) divides n} n/p == -1 (mod n). It is easy to see that for n > 1, n must be an even squarefree number. Moreover, the set P of prime divisors of all such n satisfies the property: if p is in P, then p-1 is the product of distinct elements of P. This set is P = {2, 3, 7, 43}, implying that the sequence is finite and complete. - Max Alekseyev, Aug 25 2013
In 2005, B. C. Kellner proved E. W. Weisstein's conjecture that denom(B_n) = n only if n = 1806. - Jonathan Sondow, Oct 14 2013
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LINKS
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M. A. Alekseyev, J. M. Grau, and A. M. Oller-Marcen. Computing solutions to the congruence 1^n + 2^n + ... + n^n == p (mod n). Discrete Applied Mathematics, 2018. doi:10.1016/j.dam.2018.05.022 arXiv:1602.02407 [math.NT], 2016-2018.
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FORMULA
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For n <= 5, a(n) = a(n-1)^2 + a(n-1) with a(0) = 1. - Raphie Frank, Nov 12 2012
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MATHEMATICA
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r[n_] := Reduce[ Mod[m^(n+1) - m, n] == 0, m, Integers]; ok[n_] := Range[n]-1 === Simplify[ Mod[ Flatten[ m /. {ToRules[ r[n][[2]] ]}], n], Element[C[1], Integers]]; ok[1] = True; A014117 = {}; Do[ If[ok[n], Print[n]; AppendTo[ A014117, n] ], {n, 1, 2000}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Dec 21 2011 *)
Select[Range@ 2000, Function[n, Times @@ Boole@ Map[Function[m, PowerMod[m, n + 1, n] == Mod[m, n]], Range@ n] > 0]] (* Michael De Vlieger, Dec 30 2016 *)
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn,fini,full,nice
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AUTHOR
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STATUS
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approved
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