OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
The index sequence of this one is 1, 3, 6, 15, 17, 29, 53, 115, 186, 220, 229, 1886, 5344, 5736, 66774, 1087403, 14747671, 158018119.
a(17) was found in 2000 by Wilfrid Keller and a(18) was found in 2003 by Patrick De Geest.
REFERENCES
Wilfrid Keller, personal communication, 2010.
LINKS
Chris K. Caldwell, The List of Largest Known Primes, 270704167 * 2^85461 - 1
Chris K. Caldwell, The List of Largest Known Primes, 3296757029 * 2^191207 + 1
Carlos Rivera, Problem 30
MATHEMATICA
l = -1; Flatten[Table[p = Prime[n]; k = 0; While[! PrimeQ[p*2^k - 1] && ! PrimeQ[p*2^k + 1], k++]; If[k > l, l = k, {}], {n, 10^4}]] (* Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Sep 04 2011 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
more,nonn
AUTHOR
Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Aug 30 2011
STATUS
approved