1,1

These are the primitive elements of A009003.

-1 is a quadratic residue mod a prime p iff p is in this sequence.

sin(a(n)*pi/2) = 1 with pi=3.1415..., see A070750. - Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)lhsystems.com), May 04 2002

If at least one of the odd primes p, q belongs to the sequence, then either both or neither of the congruences x^2=p (mod q), x^2=q (mod p) are solvable, according to Gauss reciprocity law. - Lekraj Beedassy (blekraj(AT)yahoo.com), Jul 17 2003

Odd primes such that binomial(p-1,(p-1)/2) == 1 (mod p) - Benoit Cloitre (benoit7848c(AT)orange.fr), Feb 07 2004

Primes that are the hypotenuse of a right triangle with integer sides. The Pythagorean triple is {A002365(n+4), A002366(n+4),a(n)}.

Also, primes of the form a^k + b^k, k >1 (cf. A089716). - Amarnath Murthy (amarnath_murthy(AT)yahoo.com), Nov 17 2003

The square of A002144(n) is the average of two other squares. This fact gives rise to a class of monic polynomials x^2 + bx + c with b = A002144(n) that will factor over the integers regardless of the sign of c. See A114200. - Owen Mertens (owenmertens(AT)missouristate.edu), Nov 16 2005

Also such primes p that the last digit is always 1 for the Nexus numbers of form n^p - (n-1)^p. - Alexander Adamchuk (alex(AT)kolmogorov.com), Aug 10 2006

The set of Pythagorean primes is a proper subset of the set of positive fundamental discriminants (A003658). - Paul Muljadi (paulmuljadi(AT)yahoo.com), Mar 28 2008

M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, 1964 (and various reprintings), p. 870.

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M. du Sautoy, The Music of the Primes, Fourth Estate / HarperCollins, 2003; see p. 76.

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M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards, Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, December 1972 [alternative scanned copy].

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Odd primes of form x^2 + y^2, (x=A002331, y=A002330, with x<y) or of form u^2 + 4*v^2, (u=A002972, v=A002973, with u odd). - Lekraj Beedassy (blekraj(AT)yahoo.com), Jul 16 2004

p^2-1=12*sum_{i=0..floor(p/4)} floor[sqrt(i*p)] where p=a(n)=4n+1 [Shirali].

a := []; for n from 1 to 500 do if isprime(4*n+1) then a := [op(a), 4*n+1]; fi; od: A002144 := n->a[n];

Select[4*Range[140] + 1, PrimeQ[ # ] &] - Stefan Steinerberger (stefan.steinerberger(AT)gmail.com), Apr 16 2006

For values of n see A005098. Cf. A002145, A002476. Apart from initial term, same as A002313.

Cf. A114200.

Cf. A003658.

Adjacent sequences: A002141 A002142 A002143 this_sequence A002145 A002146 A002147

Sequence in context: A078900 A113482 A077426 this_sequence A111055 A123079 A038938

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More terms from James A. Sellers (sellersj(AT)math.psu.edu), Apr 21 2000