A090649 Numbers k such that 9^k + 2 is prime.

0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 18, 49, 55, 63, 193, 247, 610, 929, 2173, 3479, 5494, 11158, 16754, 30920, 47752, 50702, 53725, 68122, 89214, 180804

Offset

1,3

Comments

All terms are the exact halves of the even terms in A051783. - Alexander Adamchuk, Mar 02 2008

a(29) > 2*10^5. - Robert Price, Aug 18 2014

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..28.

Henri Lifchitz and Renaud Lifchitz, PRP Records.

Example

9^13 + 2 = 2541865828331 is prime, so 13 is a term.

Mathematica

Do[ If[ PrimeQ[9^n + 2], Print[n]], {n, 1, 2250}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 06 2004 *)

Prog

(PARI) for(i=0, 700, if(isprime(9^i+2), print(i)))

Crossrefs

Cf. A051783 (3^k + 2 is prime), A087885 (5^k + 2 is prime).

Sequence in context: A250006 A257033 A039674 * A154686 A358511 A165196

Adjacent sequences: A090646 A090647 A090648 * A090650 A090651 A090652

Keyword

nonn,more,hard

Author

Herman H. Rosenfeld (herm3(AT)pacbell.net), Feb 02 2004

Extensions

More terms from mohammed bouayoun (bouyao(AT)wanadoo.fr), Feb 04 2004

Further terms from Robert G. Wilson v and Ray Chandler, Feb 06 2004

a(20) - a(22) found by Henri Lifchitz, a(23) found by Wojciech Florek. - Jason Earls, Feb 25 2008

a(24)-a(27) from A051783 by Ray Chandler, Aug 06 2011

a(28) from Robert Price, Aug 18 2014

Removal of erroneous term (97715) by Robert Price, Aug 19 2014

Status

approved