A106282 Primes p such that the polynomial x^3-x^2-x-1 mod p has no zeros; i.e., the polynomial is irreducible over the integers mod p.

3, 5, 23, 31, 37, 59, 67, 71, 89, 97, 113, 137, 157, 179, 181, 191, 223, 229, 251, 313, 317, 331, 353, 367, 379, 383, 389, 433, 443, 449, 463, 467, 487, 509, 521, 577, 619, 631, 641, 643, 647, 653, 661, 691, 709, 719, 727, 751, 797, 823, 829, 839, 859, 881

Offset

1,1

Comments

This polynomial is the characteristic polynomial of the Fibonacci and Lucas 3-step sequences, A000073 and A001644.

Primes of the form 3x^2+2xy+4y^2 with x and y in Z. - T. D. Noe, May 08 2005

Links

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..300

N. J. A. Sloane et al., Binary Quadratic Forms and OEIS (Index to related sequences, programs, references)

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Fibonacci n-Step Number

Mathematica

t=Table[p=Prime[n]; cnt=0; Do[If[Mod[x^3-x^2-x-1, p]==0, cnt++ ], {x, 0, p-1}]; cnt, {n, 200}]; Prime[Flatten[Position[t, 0]]]

Prog

(PARI)
forprime(p=2, 1000, if(#polrootsmod(x^3-x^2-x-1, p)==0, print1(p, ", ")));
/* Joerg Arndt, Jul 19 2012 */

Crossrefs

Primes in A028952.

Cf. A106276 (number of distinct zeros of x^3-x^2-x-1 mod prime(n)), A106294, A106302 (period of Lucas and Fibonacci 3-step sequence mod prime(n)), A003631 (primes p such that x^2-x-1 is irreducible mod p).

For a list of sequences giving numbers and/or primes represented by binary quadratic forms, see the "Binary Quadratic Forms and OEIS" link.

Sequence in context: A296920 A106857 A106307 * A163153 A339414 A238199

Adjacent sequences: A106279 A106280 A106281 * A106283 A106284 A106285

Keyword

nonn

Author

T. D. Noe, May 02 2005

Status

approved