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A084742 Least k such that (n^k+1)/(n+1) is prime, or 0 if no such prime exists. 21
3, 3, 3, 5, 3, 3, 0, 3, 5, 5, 5, 3, 7, 3, 3, 7, 3, 17, 5, 3, 3, 11, 7, 3, 11, 0, 3, 7, 139, 109, 0, 5, 3, 11, 31, 5, 5, 3, 53, 17, 3, 5, 7, 103, 7, 5, 5, 7, 1153, 3, 7, 21943, 7, 3, 37, 53, 3, 17, 3, 7, 11, 3, 0, 19, 7, 3, 757, 11, 3, 5, 3, 7, 13, 5, 3, 37, 3, 3, 5, 3, 293, 19, 7, 167, 7, 7, 709, 13, 3, 3, 37, 89, 71, 43, 37 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
2,1
COMMENTS
When (n^k+1)/(n+1) is prime, k must be prime. As mentioned by Dubner and Granlund, when n is a perfect power (the power is greater than 2), then (n^k+1)/(n+1) will usually be composite for all k, which is the case for n = 8, 27, 32 and 64. a(n) are only probable primes for n = {53, 124, 150, 182, 205, 222, 296}.
a(n) = 0 if n = {8, 27, 32, 64, 125, 243, ...}. - Eric Chen, Nov 18 2014
More terms: a(124) = 16427, a(150) = 6883, a(182) = 1487, a(205) = 5449, a(222) = 1657, a(296) = 1303. For n up to 300, a(n) is currently unknown only for n = {97, 103, 113, 175, 186, 187, 188, 220, 284}. All other terms up to a(300) are less than 1000. - Eric Chen, Nov 18 2014
a(97) > 31000. - Eric Chen, Nov 18 2014
a(311) = 2707, a(313) = 4451. - Eric Chen, Nov 20 2014
a(n)=3 if and only if n^2-n+1 is a prime; that is, n belongs to A055494. - Thomas Ordowski, Sep 19 2015
From Altug Alkan, Sep 29 2015: (Start)
a(n)=5 if and only if Phi(10, n) is prime and Phi(6, n) is composite. n belongs to A246392.
a(n)=7 if and only if Phi(14, n) is prime, and Phi(10, n) and Phi(6, n) are both composite. n belongs to A250174.
a(n)=11 if and only if Phi(22, n) is prime, and Phi(14, n), Phi(10, n) and Phi(6, n) are all composite. n belongs to A250178.
Where Phi(k, n) is the k-th cyclotomic polynomial. (End)
a(97) > 800000 (or a(97) = 0). - Wang Runsen, May 10 2023
LINKS
H. Dubner and T. Granlund, Primes of the Form (b^n+1)/(b+1), J. Integer Sequences, 3 (2000), #P00.2.7.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Repunit
EXAMPLE
a(5) = 5 as (5^5 + 1)/(5 + 1) = 1 - 5 + 5^2 - 5^3 + 5^4 = 521 is a prime.
a(7) = 3 as (7^3 + 1)/(7 + 1) = 1 - 7 + 7^2 = 43 is a prime.
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = {l=List([8, 27, 32, 64, 125, 243, 324, 343]); for(q=1, #l, if(n==l[q], return(0))); k=2; while(k, s=(n^prime(k)+1)/(n+1); if(ispseudoprime(s), return(prime(k))); k++)}
n=2; while(n<361, print1(a(n), ", "); n++) \\ Eric Chen, Nov 25 2014
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A285286 A123371 A011277 * A242033 A301738 A302387
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Amarnath Murthy and Meenakshi Srikanth (menakan_s(AT)yahoo.com), Jun 15 2003
EXTENSIONS
More terms from T. D. Noe, Jan 22 2004
STATUS
approved

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