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A051301 Smallest prime factor of n!+1. +0
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2, 2, 3, 7, 5, 11, 7, 71, 61, 19, 11, 39916801, 13, 83, 23, 59, 17, 661, 19, 71, 20639383, 43, 23, 47, 811, 401, 1697, 10888869450418352160768000001, 29, 14557, 31, 257, 2281, 67, 67411, 137, 37, 13763753091226345046315979581580902400000001 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENT

Theorem: For any N, there is a prime > N. Proof: Consider any prime factor of N!+1.

Cf. Wilson's Theorem (1770): p | (p-1)! + 1 iff p is a prime.

REFERENCES

Albert H. Beiler, "Recreations in The Theory of Numbers, The Queen of Mathematics Entertains," Dover Publ. NY, 1966, Page 49.

A. Borning, Some results for k!+-1 and 2.3.5...p+-1, Math. Comp., 26 (1972), 567-570.

M. Kraitchik, On the divisibility of factorials, Scripta Math., 14 (1948), 24-26 (but beware errors).

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..100 (derived from Hisanori Mishima's data)

Hisanori Mishima, Factorizations of many number sequences

Hisanori Mishima, Factorizations of many number sequences

R. G. Wilson v, Explicit factorizations

MAPLE

with(numtheory); A051301 := n->divisors(n)[2];

MATHEMATICA

Do[ Print[ FactorInteger[ n! + 1, FactorComplete -> True ] [ [ 1, 1 ] ] ], {n, 0, 38} ]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A002583, A038507, A096225.

Sequence in context: A021451 A134232 A123934 this_sequence A002583 A068519 A083702

Adjacent sequences: A051298 A051299 A051300 this_sequence A051302 A051303 A051304

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

Labos E. (labos(AT)ana.sote.hu)

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