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A390228
Least positive integer m such that the n numbers c(0),...,c(n-1) are incongruent modulo m, where c(k) = A000521(k).
2
1, 8, 9, 16, 17, 23, 23, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 79, 101, 101, 113, 127, 127, 127, 127, 127, 211, 233, 283, 293, 367, 367, 367, 367, 367, 373, 563, 563, 563, 563, 563, 563, 563, 563, 563, 563, 677, 677, 677, 677, 677, 677, 677, 677, 677, 677, 677, 677, 677, 677, 677, 677, 773, 773, 773
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Conjecture: a(n) is prime for each n > 4.
LINKS
Zhi-Wei Sun, On functions taking only prime values, J. Number Theory, 133 (2013), no. 8, 2794-2812.
EXAMPLE
a(2) = 8 since c(1)*(c(1)-1) - c(0)*(c(0)-1) = 196884*196883 - 744*743 = 2^2*3*5*7*229*467*863 is not divisible by 8.
MATHEMATICA
c[n_]:=c[n]=SeriesCoefficient[12^3 KleinInvariantJ[Log[q]/(2 Pi I)], {q, 0, n}];
f[n_]:=f[n]=c[n](c[n]-1);
tab={}; m=1; Do[Label[bb]; If[Length[Union[Table[Mod[f[k], m], {k, 0, n-1}]]]==n, tab=Append[tab, m]; Goto[aa]]; m=m+1; Goto[bb]; Label[aa], {n, 1, 60}]; Print[tab]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Zhi-Wei Sun, Jan 20 2026
STATUS
approved