OFFSET
2,1
COMMENTS
Solutions mod p are represented by integers from 0 to p-1. The following equivalences holds for n > 1: There is a prime p such that n is a solution mod p of x^4 = 2 iff n^4 - 2 has a prime factor > n; n is a solution mod p of x^4 = 2 iff p is a prime factor of n^ 4 - 2 and p > n. n^4 - 2 has at most three prime factors > n, so these factors are the only primes p such that n is a solution mod p of x^4 = 2. The first zero is at n = 1689 (cf. A065903 ). For n such that n^4 - 2 has one resp. two resp. three prime factors > n; cf. A065904 resp. A065905 resp. A065906.
FORMULA
If n^4 - 2 has prime factors > n, then a(n) = smallest of these prime factors, else a(n) = 0.
EXAMPLE
a(16) = 31, since 16 is a solution mod 31 of x^4 = 2 and 16 is not a solution mod p of x^4 = 2 for primes p < 31. Although 16^4 = 2 (mod 7), prime 7 is excluded because 7 < 16 and 16 = 2 (mod 7).
PROG
(PARI): a065902(m) = local(n, f, a, j); for(n = 2, m, f = factor(n^4-2); a = matsize(f)[1]; j = 1; while(f[j, 1]< = n&&j<a, j++); print1(if(f[j, 1]>n, f[j, 1], 0), ", ")) a065902(45)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Klaus Brockhaus, Nov 28 2001
STATUS
approved