OFFSET
1,1
FORMULA
EXAMPLE
127 is in this sequence because 2^127-1 is prime, but no value of 2^q-1 is prime for q > 127 and q <= 254. (The next value of q to yield a prime is 521 and is outside the (127,254] interval.)
MATHEMATICA
s={}; Do[If[MersennePrimeExponent[k+1] > 2 * MersennePrimeExponent[k], AppendTo[s, MersennePrimeExponent[k]]], {k, 1, 44}]; s (* Amiram Eldar, Feb 03 2019 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
J. Lowell, Dec 12 2008
EXTENSIONS
Edited by R. J. Mathar, Dec 20 2008
a(5) inserted by Amiram Eldar, Feb 03 2019
STATUS
approved