OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
These are the lowest dimension of k-dimensional centered cube numbers which not only cannot be prime, but which, after the trivial a(0), always have at least 4 prime factors, because a(n) = (2n + 1) * (n^2 + n + 1) * (n^6 + 3n^5 + 12n^4 + 19n^3 + 15n^2 + 6n + 1) * (n^18 + 9n^17 + 117n^16 + 732n^15 + 2934n^14 + 8442n^13 + 18480n^12 + 31788n^11 + 43749n^10 + 48619n^9 + 43758n^8 + 31824n^7 + 18564n^6 + 8568n^5 + 3060n^4 + 816n^3 + 153n^2 + 18n + 1).
LINKS
Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
EXAMPLE
The minimum nontrivial number of prime factors first appears at a(2) = 7625731702715 = 5 * 7 * 577 * 377604937.
PROG
(Magma) [(n+1)^27+n^27: n in [0..10]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Sep 21 2011
(PARI) a(n)=(n+1)^27+n^27; \\ Andrew Howroyd, Feb 05 2018
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Jonathan Vos Post, Aug 28 2011
EXTENSIONS
a(8)-a(10) from Andrew Howroyd, Feb 05 2018
STATUS
approved