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Search: id:A004249
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(2^2^...^2) (with n 2's) + 1. |
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0,1
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COMMENT
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A subsequence of the Fermat numbers 2^2^n + 1 = A000215.
a(0) through a(4) are primes; a(5) = 2^65536 + 1 is divisible by 825753601.
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REFERENCES
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P. Ribenboim, The Book of Prime Number Records. Springer-Verlag, NY, 2nd ed., 1989, p. 73.
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LINKS
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Wilfrid Keller, Prime factors k.2^n + 1 of Fermat numbers F_m
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FORMULA
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a[0] := 1, a[n+1] := 2^(a[n]) for n >= 0.
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. Fermat numbers 2^2^n + 1 = A000215, A007516.
Adjacent sequences: A004246 A004247 A004248 this_sequence A004250 A004251 A004252
Sequence in context: A092506 A127063 A127837 this_sequence A121510 A132346 A041293
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KEYWORD
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nonn
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AUTHOR
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njas, Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), David W. Wilson (davidwwilson(AT)comcast.net)
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