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a(n) is the largest prime factor of n^n + n.
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%I #19 Oct 29 2024 08:28:43

%S 2,3,5,13,313,101,181,5419,21523361,52579,212601841,57154490053,

%T 815702161,100621,4454215139669,4562284561,52548582913,

%U 1895634885375961,211573,2272727294381,415710882920521,9299179,1853387306082786629,22496867303759173834520497

%N a(n) is the largest prime factor of n^n + n.

%H Amiram Eldar, <a href="/A372228/b372228.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..116</a>

%F a(n) = A006530(A066068(n)).

%t Table[f = FactorInteger[n^n + n]; f[[Length[f]]][[1]], {n, 1, 25}] (* _Vaclav Kotesovec_, Apr 26 2024 *)

%o (Python)

%o from sympy import primefactors

%o def A372228(n): return max(max(primefactors(n),default=1),max(primefactors(n**(n-1)+1))) # _Chai Wah Wu_, Apr 27 2024

%Y Cf. A066068, A006530, A006486, A007571, A372229.

%K nonn

%O 1,1

%A _Tyler Busby_, Apr 23 2024