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Numbers k such that k^3*2^k - 1 is a prime.
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%I #16 Nov 05 2023 09:02:16

%S 2,8,31,79,661,769,1904,2527,9032,15895,19171

%N Numbers k such that k^3*2^k - 1 is a prime.

%C If it exists, a(12) > 100000. - _Hugo Pfoertner_, Nov 03 2023

%t Select[Range[3000], PrimeQ[#^3*2^# - 1] &] (* _Amiram Eldar_, Nov 04 2023 *)

%o (Magma) [k: k in [1..700] | IsPrime(k^3*2^k-1)];

%Y Numbers k such that k^m*2^k - 1 is prime: A000043 (m = 0), A002234 (m = 1), A058781 (m = 2), this sequence (m = 3).

%K nonn,more

%O 1,1

%A _Juri-Stepan Gerasimov_, Nov 02 2023

%E a(11) from _Hugo Pfoertner_, Nov 02 2023