[seqfan] Re: (3^n+1)/2 is prime, A171381

Georgi Guninski guninski at guninski.com
Mon Jun 14 13:06:59 CEST 2010


On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:57:08AM -0400, Maximilian Hasler wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Georgi Guninski <guninski at guninski.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 01:24:58AM -0400, N. J. A. Sloane wrote:
> >> %E A171381 Incorrect terms a(7)-a(15) deleted Jun 12 2010 by Jon Schoenfield
> >> (or in other words, 0,1,2,4,5,6,>=15)
> >> Can anyone find the next term?
> >
> > 2^{15,16,17,18} are not in the sequence
> 
> More terms not in the sequence, because
> (3^(2^m)+1)/2  is divisible by  1+2^(m+1)*q :
> 
> [m,q] =
> [3, 1]
> [7, 1]
> [8, 24]
> [10, 29]
> [11, 193]
> [15, 1]
> [19, 13]
> [21, 37]
> [26, 24]
> [28, 23]
> [29, 72]
> [31, 1080]
> [32, 24]
> [34, 1469]
> [36, 6630]
> [38, 12]
> [39, 42]
> [44, 443]
> [45, 228]
> [49, 7]
> [51, 198]
> [54, 5]
> [56, 2460]
> [60, 3810]
> [61, 18]
> [63, 12]
> [64, 36]
> [72, 804]
> 
> Maximilian
> 
>


some more not in the sequence:

72 <= m <= 200, q <= 2*10^6
m  q
72 804 
73 1947709 
79 18 
80 11 
82 235134 
91 235 
94 4482 
95 2263 
100 328541 
123 163 
125 1354704 
126 5 
128 100290 
139 31 
155 11670 
158 72 
161 150 
186 326129 
187 6 
198 12 
199 427 





More information about the SeqFan mailing list