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A137909 Least k such that k*(2^p-1)*(k*(2^p-1)+1)+1 is prime, where 2^p-1 runs through the Mersenne primes. 4
1, 2, 2, 3, 17, 8, 3, 6, 96, 9, 224, 33, 260, 1044, 2397, 3, 1487, 657, 9602, 2133, 18438, 93, 17273, 32583, 66539, 9632, 1431, 100440, 150857 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
EXAMPLE
1*(2^2-1)*(1*(2^2-1)+1)+1=13 prime, 2^2-1 first Mersenne prime, a(1)=1
2*(2^3-1)*(2*(2^3-1)+1)+1=211 prime, 2^3-1 second Mersenne prime, a(2)=2
CROSSREFS
Cf. A000043 (Mersenne exponents), A000668 (Mersenne primes).
Sequence in context: A184840 A164022 A089751 * A035796 A049009 A101817
KEYWORD
hard,more,nonn
AUTHOR
Pierre CAMI, Feb 22 2008
EXTENSIONS
a(27)-a(29) by Pierre CAMI, Oct 11 2014
STATUS
approved

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