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A295640
Smallest k not divisible by 5 such that k*5^n + 1 is prime.
3
2, 4, 2, 18, 12, 4, 12, 24, 26, 18, 42, 28, 2, 16, 18, 34, 92, 4, 12, 46, 26, 16, 6, 36, 26, 16, 6, 16, 152, 18, 42, 136, 6, 162, 132, 58, 24, 142, 48, 22, 56, 16, 36, 84, 2, 12, 24, 108, 168, 4, 12, 214, 36, 114, 12, 444, 26, 54, 416, 42
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The ratio (Sum_(n=1..t) a(n)) / (Sum_(n=1..t) n) tends to log(5) as t increases.
MATHEMATICA
Array[Block[{k = 2}, While[Or[Divisible[k, 5], ! PrimeQ[k 5^# + 1]], k++]; k] &, 60] (* Michael De Vlieger, Dec 18 2017 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = {k = 1; while (!isprime(k*5^n+1), k++; if (!(k%5), k++)); k; } \\ Michel Marcus, Nov 25 2017
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Pierre CAMI, Nov 25 2017
STATUS
approved