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A125856 a(n) = least number k such that k^(2^n)+1, k^(2^n)+3, k^(2^n)+7 and k^(2^n)+9 are all prime. 0
4, 2, 83270, 5241160, 57171410, 359829200 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
In 1958, Schinzel showed that for each n>0, there are infinitely many primes among the numbers k^(2^n)+{1,3,7, or 9}.
REFERENCES
Sierpinski, W. Elementary theory of numbers. Warszawa 1964 Monografie Matematyczne Vol. 42.
LINKS
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = {k = 1; while(!isprime(k^(2^n)+1) || !isprime(k^(2^n)+3) || !isprime(k^(2^n)+7) || !isprime(k^(2^n)+9), k++); k; } \\ Michel Marcus, Nov 03 2013
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A118202 A277578 A089331 * A057110 A073275 A309528
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Artur Jasinski, Dec 12 2006
EXTENSIONS
Edited by Don Reble, Dec 16 2006
One more term from Farideh Firoozbakht, Jan 01 2007
STATUS
approved

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