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A264747 Prime powers n such that either n - 1 or n + 1 is a prime power, but not both. 1

%I #21 Oct 10 2018 13:51:13

%S 1,5,7,9,16,17,31,32,127,128,256,257,8191,8192,65536,65537,131071,

%T 131072,524287,524288,2147483647,2147483648,2305843009213693951,

%U 2305843009213693952,618970019642690137449562111

%N Prime powers n such that either n - 1 or n + 1 is a prime power, but not both.

%C From _Robert Israel_, Nov 25 2015: (Start)

%C By Mihailescu's theorem, the only case where n-1 and n are both in A025475 is n=9. Thus for n > 9 the sequence consists of the following:

%C n = 2^p - 1 and 2^p where 2^p-1 is a Mersenne prime (A000668);

%C n = 2^(2^m) and 2^(2^m)+1 where 2^(2^m)+1 is a Fermat prime (A019434).

%C (End)

%H Robert Israel, <a href="/A264747/b264747.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..42</a>

%e 7 is in this sequence because 7 and 7 + 1 = 8 are both prime power, but 7 - 1 = 6 is not a prime power.

%p fermats:= {seq(2^(2^m)+1, m=1..4)}:

%p mersennes:= {seq(numtheory:-mersenne([i]), i=2..14)}:

%p R:= fermats union map(`-`,fermats,1) union mersennes union map(`+`,mersennes,1):

%p sort(convert(R union {1,9} minus {2,3,4,8},list)); # _Robert Israel_, Nov 25 2015

%o (PARI) is(k) = isprimepower(k) || k==1;

%o for(k=1, 1e6, if(is(k) && is(k-1) + is(k+1) == 1, print1(k, ", "))) \\ _Altug Alkan_, Nov 23 2015

%Y Cf. A000668, A000961, A019434, A164512, A174269.

%K nonn

%O 1,2

%A _Juri-Stepan Gerasimov_, Nov 23 2015

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