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A068954
Smallest prime factor of n^n-(n-1)^(n-1).
3
3, 23, 229, 19, 101, 776887, 3, 7, 29, 275311670611, 5, 28201, 3, 52489, 109, 808793517812627212561, 9680119, 5, 3, 1137694897331, 3697, 29, 6361, 10667, 3, 23, 17787551, 41393681953973, 7, 4211, 3, 461, 83, 19, 31, 983, 3, 5, 89, 2251, 250460976091, 109, 3, 29
OFFSET
2,1
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = A020639(A007781(n)).
EXAMPLE
A007781(14) = 10809131718965763 = 3 * 61^2 * 968299894201, therefore a(14) = 3.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 11 2002
EXTENSIONS
a(20)-a(40) from Daniel Starodubtsev, Mar 10 2019
a(41)-a(45) from Chai Wah Wu, Jul 15 2019
STATUS
approved