Search: id:A057429 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A057429 %S A057429 2,3,5,7,11,19,29,47,73,79,113,151,157,163,167,239,241,283,353,367,379, %T A057429 457,997,1367,3041,10141,14699,27529,49207,77291,85237,106693,160423, %U A057429 203789,364289,991961 %N A057429 Gaussian-Mersenne primes: numbers n such that (1+i)^n - 1 times its conjugate is prime. %C A057429 Equivalently, numbers n such that (1+i)^n - 1 is a Gaussian prime. %C A057429 Note that n must be a rational prime. Also note that (1+i)^n+i or (1+i)^n-i is also a Gaussian prime. - T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Jan 31 2005 %D A057429 Mike Oakes, posting to the Mersenne list, Sep 07 2000. %H A057429 C. Caldwell, The largest known primes %H A057429 Marc Chamberland, Binary BBP-Formulae for Logarithms..., J. Integer Seqs., Vol. 6, 2003. %H A057429 M. Oakes, A new series of Mersenne-like Gaussian primes %H A057429 M. Oakes, Posting to the Number Theory list, Dec 27 2005 %H A057429 Index entries for Gaussian integers and primes %e A057429 Note that 4 is not in the sequence because (1+i)^4 - 1 = -5, which is an integer prime, but not a Gaussian prime. %t A057429 Do[a = (1 + I)^n - 1; b = a*Conjugate[a]; If[PrimeQ[b], Print[n]], {n, 1, 160426}] %Y A057429 Cf. A000043, A066408, A007670, A007671, A027206. %Y A057429 Cf. A027206 ((1+i)^n + i is a Gaussian prime), A103329 ((1+i)^n - i is a Gaussian prime). %Y A057429 Sequence in context: A039726 A115617 A003064 this_sequence A065726 A118985 A089769 %Y A057429 Adjacent sequences: A057426 A057427 A057428 this_sequence A057430 A057431 A057432 %K A057429 nonn,nice,hard %O A057429 1,1 %A A057429 Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Sep 07 2000 %E A057429 364289 found by Nicholas Glover on Jun 02 2001 - Mike Oakes (mikeoakes2(AT)aol.com) %E A057429 Edited by Dean Hickerson (dean.hickerson(AT)yahoo.com), Aug 14 2002; revised by N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Dec 28 2005 Search completed in 0.002 seconds