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A191617
Least number a such that (2^n+a)*2^n + 1 is a prime number
12
0, 0, 1, 0, 4, 3, 12, 0, 1, 3, 6, 6, 16, 9, 4, 5, 3, 20, 6, 5, 4, 5, 21, 9, 16, 35, 6, 6, 18, 8, 28, 6, 46, 11, 39, 6, 3, 20, 22, 47, 93, 90, 13, 51, 27, 98, 34, 6, 12, 14, 21, 21, 49, 143, 18, 5, 58, 30, 37, 30, 6, 56, 16, 150, 72, 59, 12, 5, 34, 3, 28, 45
OFFSET
1,5
MATHEMATICA
Table[a = 0; While[! PrimeQ[(2^n + a)*2^n + 1], a++]; a, {n, 100}] (* T. D. Noe, Jun 11 2011 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Pierre CAMI, Jun 09 2011
STATUS
approved