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A002185
Smallest primitive factor of 2^(2n+1) + 1.
(Formerly M2233 N0885)
2
3, 1, 11, 43, 19, 683, 2731, 331, 43691, 174763, 5419, 2796203, 251, 87211, 59, 715827883, 67, 281, 1777, 22366891, 83, 2932031007403, 18837001, 283, 4363953127297, 307, 107, 2971, 571, 2833, 768614336404564651, 77158673929, 131, 7327657, 139, 56409643, 1753
OFFSET
0,1
REFERENCES
J. Brillhart et al., Factorizations of b^n +- 1. Contemporary Mathematics, Vol. 22, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2nd edition, 1985; and later supplements.
M. Kraitchik, Recherches sur la Théorie des Nombres. Gauthiers-Villars, Paris, Vol. 1, 1924, Vol. 2, 1929, see Vol. 2, p. 85.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
J. Brillhart et al., Factorizations of b^n +- 1, Contemporary Mathematics, Vol. 22, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 3rd edition, 2002.
S. S. Wagstaff, Jr., The Cunningham Project
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
EXTENSIONS
Terms a(25) onward from Max Alekseyev, Oct 16 2022
STATUS
approved