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%I #15 Apr 23 2023 19:41:58
%S 2,5,15,17,17,83,173,357,629,179,2543,8067,5619,29027,38783,99267
%N Next-to-smallest k such that 2^(2^n) - k is prime.
%o (PARI) a(n) = my(N = 2^(2^n)); N - precprime(precprime(N)-1) \\ _Michel Marcus_, Jun 29 2013
%Y Cf. A058220.
%K nonn,hard,more
%O 1,1
%A _Warren D. Smith_, Nov 30 2000
%E a(15) from _Jinyuan Wang_, Jun 06 2020
%E a(16) from _Michael S. Branicky_, Apr 23 2023