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A182331 Primes of the form 6^n + 1. 9
2, 7, 37, 1297 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

No other terms for n < 3000. - T. D. Noe, Apr 25 2012

Apart from the first term, the exponents must be powers of two. Like Fermat primes, there are probably only finitely many terms.  No more terms for n < 268,435,456. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 16 2012

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..4.

Wilfrid Keller, Prime factors of generalized Fermat numbers F_m(6) and complete factoring status

MATHEMATICA

Select[Table[6^n + 1, {n, 0, 100}], PrimeQ] (* _T. D. Noe, Apr 25 2012 *)

PROG

(PFGW) ABC2 6^(2^$a)+1

a: from 0 to 18

// Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 16 2012

CROSSREFS

Cf. A057735, A182330.

Sequence in context: A195068 A342412 A196916 * A173762 A180269 A036432

Adjacent sequences:  A182328 A182329 A182330 * A182332 A182333 A182334

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Alex Ratushnyak, Apr 25 2012

STATUS

approved

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