A120378 Integers n such that 2*11^n-1 is prime.

2, 8, 248, 2474, 2900, 6600, 24746, 105704

Offset

1,1

Comments

See comments for A057472. Examined in base 12, all n must be even and all primes must be 1-primes. For example, 241 is 181 in base 12.

a(9) > 2*10^5. - Robert Price, Nov 06 2015

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..8.

Formula

a(n) = n-th integer k such that 2*11^k-1 is prime.

Example

a(1)=2 since 2*11^2-1=241 is the first prime of this form.

Maple

for w to 1 do for k from 1 to 2000 do n:=2*11^k-1; if isprime(n) then printf("%d, %d", k, n) fi od od;

Mathematica

Select[Range[0, 200000], PrimeQ[2*11^# - 1] &] (* Robert Price, Nov 06 2015 *)

Crossrefs

Cf. A000043, A000668, A002957, A002959, A003307, A079363, A055558.

Sequence in context: A125264 A028985 A067583 * A012345 A012341 A299374

Adjacent sequences: A120375 A120376 A120377 * A120379 A120380 A120381

Keyword

more,nonn

Author

Walter Kehowski, Jun 28 2006

Extensions

More terms from Ryan Propper, Jan 14 2008

a(7)-a(8) from Robert Price, Nov 06 2015

Status

approved