OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
For n = 1, 4, 5, 7, values are primes.
LINKS
Harry J. Smith, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10
S. M. Ruiz, New Prime Numbers
FORMULA
a(n) = 2^(2^n)*3^(2^n) -2^(2^n) - 3^(2^n).
MATHEMATICA
f[n_]:=Module[{n1=2^2^n, n2=3^2^n}, n1 n2-n1-n2]; f/@Range[0, 7] (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 04 2011 *)
PROG
(PARI) { for (n=0, 10, p=2^n; w=2^p; h=3^p; write("b061063.txt", n, " ", w*h - w - h) ) } \\ Harry J. Smith, Jul 17 2009
(Magma) [6^(2^n) - 2^(2^n) - 3^(2^n): n in [0..12]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Apr 05 2011
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Jason Earls, May 27 2001
STATUS
approved