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A005422 Largest prime factor of 10^n - 1.
(Formerly M2889)
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%I M2889 #46 Jul 08 2022 08:19:39

%S 3,11,37,101,271,37,4649,137,333667,9091,513239,9901,265371653,909091,

%T 2906161,5882353,5363222357,333667,1111111111111111111,27961,10838689,

%U 513239,11111111111111111111111,99990001,182521213001,1058313049

%N Largest prime factor of 10^n - 1.

%D J. Brillhart et al., Factorizations of b^n +- 1. Contemporary Mathematics, Vol. 22, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2nd edition, 1985; and later supplements.

%D N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

%H <a href="/A005422/b005422.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..352</a>

%H K. Beschorner, <a href="http://www.kurtbeschorner.de">Factorizations of Repunit Numbers of the form (10^n-1)/9 (111111...)</a>. [Retrieved July 30, 2015]

%H J. Brillhart et al., <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/conm/022">Factorizations of b^n +- 1</a>, Contemporary Mathematics, Vol. 22, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 3rd edition, 2002.

%H Yousuke Koide, <a href="http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~rep/">Factorizations of Repunit Numbers</a>.

%H S. S. Wagstaff, Jr., <a href="http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/homes/ssw/cun/index.html">The Cunningham Project</a>

%F For n > 1, a(n) = A003020(n). For 1 < n < 10, a(n) = A075024(n). - _M. F. Hasler_, Jul 30 2015

%F a(n) = A006530(A002283(n)). - _Vincenzo Librandi_, Jul 13 2016

%F a(A004023(n)) = A002275(A004023(n)). - _Bernard Schott_, May 24 2022

%p A005422 := proc(n)

%p 10^n-1 ;

%p A006530(%) ;

%p end proc: # _R. J. Mathar_, Dec 02 2016

%t Table[FactorInteger[10^n - 1][[-1, 1]], {n, 1, 40}] (* _Vincenzo Librandi_, Jul 13 2016 *)

%o (PARI) a(n)=vecmax(factor(10^n-1)[,1]) \\ Simplified by _M. F. Hasler_, Jul 30 2015

%o (Magma) [Maximum(PrimeDivisors(10^n-1)): n in [1..45]]; // _Vincenzo Librandi_, Jul 13 2016

%Y Same as A003020 except for the additional a(1) = 3.

%Y Cf. A002275, A002283, A004023, A006530, A067063, A075024, A102380.

%Y Cf. similar sequences listed in A274906.

%K nonn

%O 1,1

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_

%E Terms to a(100) in b-file from Yousuke Koide added by _T. D. Noe_, Dec 06 2006

%E Edited by _M. F. Hasler_, Jul 30 2015

%E a(101)-a(322) in b-file from _Ray Chandler_, Apr 22 2017

%E a(323)-a(352) in b-file from _Max Alekseyev_, Apr 26 2022

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