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A066413
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Eisenstein-Mersenne primes: primes of the form ((3 +/- sqrt(-3))/2)^p - 1.
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2
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OFFSET
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1,1
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COMMENTS
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Analogs of Mersenne primes in Eisenstein integers.
The norm of a + b*w is (a+b*w)*(a+b*w^2) = a^2 - a*b + b^2.
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REFERENCES
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Mike Oakes, email dated Dec 24 2001 to primenumbers(AT)yahoogroups.com
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EXAMPLE
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For n = 7, (1-w)^7 - 1 has norm 2269, a prime.
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MATHEMATICA
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn,nice
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AUTHOR
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EXTENSIONS
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STATUS
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approved
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