A242292 Least prime divisor of 2^n - n which does not divide any 2^k - k with 0 < k < n, or 1 if such a primitive prime divisor of 2^n - n does not exist.

1, 2, 5, 3, 1, 29, 11, 31, 503, 13, 7, 1021, 8179, 1637, 4679, 1, 8737, 131063, 524269, 262139, 2097131, 349, 131, 773, 271, 197, 457, 1493, 317, 17, 6733, 73, 41, 157109, 83, 53, 1741, 3329, 49977801259, 997, 149, 2199023255531, 61, 4398046511093, 3769453

Offset

1,2

Comments

Conjecture: a(n) = 1 only for n = 1, 5, 16.

In constrast, a classical theorem of Bang asserts that if n > 1 is different from 6 then 2^n - 1 has a prime divisor which does not divide any 2^k - 1 with 0 < k < n.

References

A. S. Bang, Taltheoretiske Undersgelser, Tidsskrift fur Mat. 4(1886), no. 5, 70--80, 130--137.

Links

Zhi-Wei Sun, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..215

Z.-W. Sun, New observations on primitive roots modulo primes, arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.0290 [math.NT], 2014.

Example

a(4) = 3 since 2^4 - 4 = 2^2*3 with 3 dividing none of 2^1 - 1 = 1, 2^2 - 2 = 2 and 2^3 - 3 = 5.

Mathematica

u[n_]:=2^n-n
f[n_]:=FactorInteger[u[n]]
p[n_]:=Table[Part[Part[f[n], k], 1], {k, 1, Length[f[n]]}]
Do[If[u[n]<2, Goto[cc]]; Do[Do[If[Mod[u[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]]}]; Label[cc]; Print[n, " ", 1]; Label[bb]; Continue, {n, 1, 45}]

Crossrefs

Cf. A000040, A000325, A112927, A242169, A242170, A242171, A242173, A242174, A242193, A242194, A242195, A242207.

Sequence in context: A011192 A011356 A021399 * A159897 A019709 A076840

Adjacent sequences: A242289 A242290 A242291 * A242293 A242294 A242295

Keyword

nonn

Author

Zhi-Wei Sun, May 10 2014

Status

approved