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A028491
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Numbers k such that (3^k - 1)/2 is prime.
(Formerly M2643)
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73
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3, 7, 13, 71, 103, 541, 1091, 1367, 1627, 4177, 9011, 9551, 36913, 43063, 49681, 57917, 483611, 877843, 2215303, 2704981, 3598867, 7973131, 8530117
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OFFSET
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1,1
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COMMENTS
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If k is in the sequence and m=3^(k-1) then m is a term of A033632 (phi(sigma(m)) = sigma(phi(m)), so 3^(A028491-1) is a subsequence of A033632. For example since 9551 is in the sequence, phi(sigma(3^9550)) = sigma(phi(3^9550)). - Farideh Firoozbakht, Feb 09 2005
Salas lists these, except 3, in "Open Problems" p. 6 [March 2012], and proves that the Cantor primes > 3 are exactly the prime-valued cyclotomic polynomials of the form Phi_s(3^{s^j}) == 1 (mod 4).
a(22) > 5000000.
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REFERENCES
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J. Brillhart et al., Factorizations of b^n +- 1. Contemporary Mathematics, Vol. 22, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2nd edition, 1985; and later supplements.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
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LINKS
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J. Brillhart et al., Factorizations of b^n +- 1, Contemporary Mathematics, Vol. 22, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 3rd edition, 2002.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Repunit
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MATHEMATICA
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PROG
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KEYWORD
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nonn,more,hard
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EXTENSIONS
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All larger terms only correspond to probable primes.
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STATUS
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approved
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