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A057192
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Least m such that 1 + prime(n)*2^m is a prime, or -1 if no such m exists.
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12
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0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 6, 1, 1, 8, 2, 1, 2, 583, 1, 5, 4, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 16, 3, 6, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 3, 4, 8, 2, 7, 1, 1, 4, 1, 2, 15, 2, 20, 8, 11, 6, 1, 1, 36, 1, 279, 29, 3, 4, 2, 1, 30, 1, 2, 9, 4, 7, 4, 4, 3, 10, 21, 1, 12, 2, 14, 6393, 11, 4, 3, 2, 1, 4, 1, 2, 6, 1, 3, 8, 5, 6, 19, 3, 2, 1, 2, 5
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OFFSET
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1,4
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COMMENTS
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Primes p such that p * 2^m + 1 is composite for all m are called Sierpiński numbers. The smallest known prime Sierpiński number is 271129. Currently, 10223 is the smallest prime whose status is unknown.
For 0 < k < a(n), prime(n)*2^k is a nontotient. See A005277. - T. D. Noe, Sep 13 2007
With the discovery of the primality of 10223 * 2^31172165 + 1 on November 6, 2016, we now know that 10223 is not a Sierpiński number. The smallest prime of unknown status is thus now 21181. The smallest confirmed instance of a(n) = -1 is for n = 78557. - Alonso del Arte, Dec 16 2016 [Since we only care about prime Sierpiński numbers in this sequence, 78557 should be replaced by primepi(271129) = 23738. - Jianing Song, Dec 15 2021]
Aguirre conjectured that, for every n > 1, a(n) is even if and only if prime(n) mod 3 = 1 (see the MathStackExchange link below). - Lorenzo Sauras Altuzarra, Feb 12 2021
If prime(n) is not a Fermat prime, then a(n) is also the least m such that prime(n)*2^m is a totient number, or -1 if no such m exists. If prime(n) = 2^2^e + 1 is a Fermat prime, then the least m such that prime(n)*2^m is a totient number is min{2^e, a(n)} if a(n) != -1 or 2^e if a(n) = -1, since 2^2^e * (2^2^e + 1) = phi((2^2^e+1)^2) is a totient number. For example, the least m such that 257*2^m is a totient number is m = 8, rather than a(primepi(257)) = 279; the least m such that 65537*2^m is a totient number is m = 16, rather than a(primepi(65537)) = 287. - Jianing Song, Dec 15 2021
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EXAMPLE
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a(8) = 6 because prime(8) = 19 and the first prime in the sequence 1 + 19 * {2, 4, 8,1 6, 32, 64} = {39, 77, 153, 305, 609, 1217} is 1217 = 1 + 19 * 2^6.
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MAPLE
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a := proc(n)
local m:
m := 0:
while not isprime(1+ithprime(n)*2^m) do m := m+1: od:
m:
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MATHEMATICA
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Table[p = Prime[n]; k = 0; While[Not[PrimeQ[1 + p * 2^k]], k++]; k, {n, 100}] (* T. D. Noe *)
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PROG
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(PARI) a(n) = my(m=0, p=prime(n)); while (!isprime(1+p*2^m), m++); m; \\ Michel Marcus, Feb 12 2021
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. A046067 (least k such that (2n - 1) * 2^k + 1 is prime).
a(n) = -1 if and only if n is in A076336.
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