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Positive integers n such that n | (3^n + 5).
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%I #37 Mar 19 2020 14:12:47

%S 1,2,14,1978,38209,4782974,9581014,244330711,365496202,1661392258,

%T 116084432414,288504187458218,490179448388654,802245996685561

%N Positive integers n such that n | (3^n + 5).

%C No other terms below 10^15. Some larger terms: 79854828136468902206, 3518556634988844968631084847788071912030455376274045370172567094578. - _Max Alekseyev_, Oct 14 2016

%e 3^14 + 5 = 4782974 = 14 * 341641, so 14 is a term.

%o (PARI) is(n)=Mod(3,n)^n==-5; \\ _Joerg Arndt_, Oct 09 2016

%o (Python)

%o A277288_list = [1,2]+[n for n in range(3,10**6) if pow(3,n,n)==n-5] # _Chai Wah Wu_, Oct 09 2016

%o (Sage)

%o def A277288_list(search_limit):

%o n, t, r = 1, Integer(3), [1]

%o while n < search_limit:

%o n += 1

%o t *= 3

%o if n.divides(t+5): r.append(n)

%o return r # _Peter Luschny_, Oct 10 2016

%Y Solutions to 3^n == k (mod n): A277340 (k=-11), A277289 (k=-7), this sequence (k=-5), A015973 (k=-2), A015949 (k=-1), A067945 (k=1), A276671 (k=2), A276740 (k=5), A277126 (k=7), A277274 (k=11).

%K nonn,more

%O 1,2

%A _Seiichi Manyama_, Oct 09 2016

%E a(9) from _Joerg Arndt_, Oct 09 2016

%E a(10) from _Chai Wah Wu_, Oct 09 2016

%E a(11)-a(14) from _Max Alekseyev_, Oct 14 2016