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A242169
Least prime divisor of Fr(n) which does not divide any Fr(k) with k < n, or 1 if such a primitive prime divisor of Fr(n) does not exist, where Fr(n) denotes the n-th Franel number given by A000172.
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2, 5, 7, 173, 563, 13, 41, 369581, 937, 61, 23, 29, 2141, 12148537, 31, 157, 59, 37, 506251, 151, 3019, 769, 47, 6730949, 79, 53, 3853, 661, 138961158000728258971, 1361, 421, 96920594213, 51378681049, 457, 71
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Conjecture: a(n) > 1 for all n > 0.
LINKS
EXAMPLE
a(7) = 41 since Fr(7) = 2^9*5*41 with the prime factor 41 dividing none of Fr(1), ..., Fr(6) but 2 divides Fr(1) = 2 and 5 divides Fr(2) = 10.
MATHEMATICA
Fr[n_]:=Sum[Binomial[n, k]^3, {k, 0, n}]
f[n_]:=FactorInteger[Fr[n]]
p[n_]:=Table[Part[Part[f[n], k], 1], {k, 1, Length[f[n]]}]
Do[Do[Do[If[Mod[Fr[i], Part[p[n], k]]==0, Goto[aa]], {i, 1, n-1}]; Print[n, " ", Part[p[n], k]]; Goto[bb]; Label[aa]; Continue, {k, 1, Length[p[n]]}]; Print[n, " ", 1]; Label[bb]; Continue, {n, 1, 35}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Zhi-Wei Sun, May 05 2014
STATUS
approved