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A159268
Largest m<=n such that 2^m+3^n is prime, 0 if no such m exists.
1
0, 1, 2, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6, 7, 4, 9, 6, 7, 7, 10, 14, 11, 8, 14, 0, 9, 20, 19, 18, 23, 12, 19, 25, 25, 11, 26, 28, 25, 10, 15, 6, 35, 30, 27, 34, 31, 24, 19, 37, 36, 34, 38, 32, 23, 48, 41, 50, 44, 47, 0, 28, 41, 52, 54, 48, 52, 52, 39, 53, 56, 63, 17, 57, 63, 14, 62, 60, 55, 54, 59, 17, 56
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
For n>0, a(n)=0 means that there is no such m, since 2^0+3^n cannot be prime for n>0.
EXAMPLE
a(0)=0 since 2^0+3^0=2 is prime.
a(18)=14 is the largest integer m <= 18 such that 2^m+3^18 is prime.
a(19)=0 since there is no integer m <= 19 such that 2^m+3^19 is prime.
PROG
(PARI) A159268(n)=forstep(m=n, 1, -1, is/*pseudo*/prime(2^m+3^n) & return(m))
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A329437 A318632 A094051 * A058723 A329436 A182577
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
M. F. Hasler, Apr 07 2009
STATUS
approved