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A002475 Numbers n such that x^n + x + 1 is irreducible over GF(2).
(Formerly M0544 N0194)
+0
17
0, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 15, 22, 28, 30, 46, 60, 63, 127, 153, 172, 303, 471, 532, 865, 900, 1366, 2380, 3310, 4495, 6321, 7447, 10198, 11425, 21846, 24369, 27286, 28713, 32767, 34353 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENT

n=1 is excluded since the polynomial "1" is not normally regarded as irreducible.

REFERENCES

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).

S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 975.

N. Zierler, On x^n+x+1 over GF(2). Information and Control 16 1970 502-505.

LINKS

Joerg Arndt, Fxtbook

Index entries for sequences related to trinomials over GF(2)

MATHEMATICA

Do[ If[ ToString[ Factor[ x^n + x + 1, Modulus -> 2 ] ] == ToString[ x^n + x + 1 ], Print [ n ] ], {n, 0, 28713} ]

PROGRAM

(MAGMA) P<x> := PolynomialRing(GaloisField(2)); for n := 2 to 100000 do if IsIrreducible(x^n+x+1) then print(n); end if; endfor;

CROSSREFS

Cf. A001153, A073639.

Adjacent sequences: A002472 A002473 A002474 this_sequence A002476 A002477 A002478

Sequence in context: A055494 A165773 A064414 this_sequence A057519 A155905 A047518

KEYWORD

nonn,nice

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

Two more terms from Paul Zimmermann, Sep 05, 2002

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