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%S 9,11,17,19,21,25,27,33,35,39,41,43,45,49,51,53,57,59,65,67,69,71,73,
%T 75,77,79,81,83,85,87,89,91,93,95,97,99,103,105,107,109,111,113,115,
%U 117,121,123,129,131,133,135,137,139,141,143,145,147,149,151,153,155,157
%N Odd numbers that cannot be expressed as 2^k - 3^m where k and m are integers.
%C All listed terms can be certified by considering 2^k - 3^m modulo 2552550. [_Max Alekseyev_, Feb 08 2010]
%D R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, D9.
%D T. N. Shorey and R. Tijdeman, Exponential Diophantine Equations, Cambridge University Press, 1986.
%H T. Metsankyla, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-03-00993-5">Catalan's Conjecture : Another old Diophantine problem solved</a>, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 41 (2004), 43-57.
%H Wikipedia, <a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan%27s_conjecture">Catalan's conjecture</a>
%e 5 doesn't belong to the sequence because it can be expressed as 2^3 - 3^1.
%Y Cf. A074981, A192110, A328077.
%K nonn
%O 1,1
%A _Felice Russo_, Oct 14 2002
%E Inserted "odd" in definition. - _N. J. A. Sloane_, Jan 30 2009
%E _Jon E. Schoenfield_ observed that 49 was missing, Jan 30 2009
%E More terms from _Max Alekseyev_, Feb 08 2010