OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Explicitly, for each b, the seven numbers b+1, b^2+1, b^4+1, b^8+1, b^16+1, b^32+1, and b^64+1 must be primes (generalized Fermat primes).
The first term greater than 1 such that b^(2^7) + 1 is also prime, is 240164550712338756, see A337364. - Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Aug 25 2020
LINKS
Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..4603 (up to a(n) = A337364(2), calculated by Kellen Shenton)
Yves Gallot, GFP (Generalized Fermat Progressions) / gfp7, software for calculating this sequence.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Aug 14 2020
STATUS
approved