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A075073
Numbers k such that k-th perfect power - k is prime: A001597(k) - k is prime.
1
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 14, 17, 18, 23, 26, 35, 48, 50, 51, 76, 90, 92, 94, 124, 143, 145, 158, 159, 172, 173, 176, 177, 197, 230, 233, 254, 276, 317, 323, 333, 335, 352, 354, 355, 356, 386, 389, 405, 431, 440, 459, 472, 475, 480, 488
OFFSET
1,1
EXAMPLE
k=3: pp(3)-3 = 8-3 = 5 is prime.
MATHEMATICA
With[{s = {1}~Join~Select[Range[4, 2*10^5], GCD @@ FactorInteger[#][[All, -1]] > 1 &]}, Select[Range@ Length@ s, PrimeQ[s[[#]] - #] &]] (* Michael De Vlieger, Aug 25 2021 *)
PROG
(PARI) lista(nn) = {n = 0; for (pn=1, nn, if (pn==1 || ispower(pn), n++; if (isprime(pn - n), print1(n, ", ")); ); ); } \\ Michel Marcus, Jun 05 2013
CROSSREFS
Cf. A001597.
Sequence in context: A084588 A309548 A088411 * A157420 A221471 A058243
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Zak Seidov, Oct 11 2002
EXTENSIONS
Edited by Georg Fischer, Aug 25 2021
STATUS
approved