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A289723
Primes of the form 3^k - 20.
1
7, 61, 223, 709, 59029, 177127, 1162261447, 3486784381, 94143178807, 847288609423, 2541865828309, 7509466514979724803946715958257527, 147808829414345923316083210206383297581, 26183890704263137277674192438430182020124327
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
F. Firoozbakht, M. F. Hasler, Variations on Euclid's formula for Perfect Numbers, JIS 13 (2010) #10.3.1.
Henri & Renaud Lifchitz, PRP Records
OpenPFGW Project, Primality Tester
FORMULA
a(n) = 3^A219041(n) - 20. - Elmo R. Oliveira, Nov 09 2023
MATHEMATICA
Select[Table[3^k - 20], {k, 3, 100}], PrimeQ[#] &]
CROSSREFS
Cf. A000040, A219041 (corresponding k's).
Sequence in context: A173880 A100698 A141952 * A064398 A275878 A129079
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Robert Price, Sep 02 2017
STATUS
approved