A087489 Primes p such that 3^p - 2^p is composite.

7, 11, 13, 19, 23, 37, 41, 43, 47, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 103, 107, 109, 113, 127, 131, 137, 139, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167, 173, 179, 181, 191, 193, 197, 199, 211, 223, 227, 229, 233, 239, 241, 251, 257, 263, 269, 271, 281, 283, 293, 307, 311, 313, 317

Offset

1,1

Links

Harvey P. Dale, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000

Mathematica

Select[Prime[Range[100]], CompositeQ[3^#-2^#]&] (* Requires Mathematica version 10 or later *) (* Harvey P. Dale, Feb 18 2018 *)

Prog

(PARI) apmb(a, b, n) = { forprime(x=2, n, y=a^x-b^x; if(!ispseudoprime(y), print1(x", "); ) ) }

Crossrefs

Cf. A001047.

Primes p such that k^p - (k-1)^p is composite: this sequence (k=3), A087490 (k=4), A087685 (k=5), A087749 (k=6), A087759 (k=7), A087763 (k=8), A087894 (k=9), A087895 (k=10).

Sequence in context: A165349 A160024 A063911 * A155488 A100350 A084467

Adjacent sequences: A087486 A087487 A087488 * A087490 A087491 A087492

Keyword

nonn

Author

Cino Hilliard, Oct 26 2003

Extensions

Offset corrected by Mohammed Yaseen, Jul 17 2022

Status

approved