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A127959
Nonprime numbers of the form 1 + Sum_{k=1..m} 2^(2*k - 1).
0
171, 10923, 699051, 11184811, 44739243, 178956971, 2863311531, 11453246123, 45812984491, 183251937963, 733007751851, 11728124029611, 46912496118443, 187649984473771, 750599937895083, 3002399751580331, 12009599006321323
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Prime numbers of the form 1 + Sum_{k=1..m} 2^(2*n - 1) is A000979. Numbers x such that 1 + Sum_{k=1..m} 2^(2*n - 1) is prime for n=1,2,...,x is A127936. A127955 is probably a subset of the present sequence.
MATHEMATICA
a = {}; Do[c = 1 + Sum[2^(2n - 1), {n, 1, x}]; If[PrimeQ[c] == False, AppendTo[a, c]], {x, 1, 50}]; a
Select[Table[Sum[2^(2k-1), {k, n}]+1, {n, 50}], !PrimeQ[#]&] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 23 2017 *)
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Artur Jasinski, Feb 09 2007
STATUS
approved