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A075824 Odd numbers that cannot be expressed as 2^n-3^m where n and m are integers. +0
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9, 11, 17, 19, 21, 25, 27, 33, 35, 39, 41, 43, 45, 49, 51, 53, 57, 59, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 103 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

Presumably these values are just conjectures. Compare A074981. - N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Oct 14 2002

More precisely, the numbers shown cannot be represented as 2^n-3^m with n and m less than 16. - Felice Russo, Feb 02, 2009

REFERENCES

R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, D9.

T. N. Shorey and R. Tijdeman, Exponential Diophantine Equations, Cambridge University Press, 1986.

LINKS

T. Metsankyla, Catalan's Conjecture : Another old Diophantine problem solved

Wikipedia, Catalan's conjecture

EXAMPLE

5 doesn't belong to the sequence because it can be expressed as 2^3-3^1

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A027694 A063191 A048464 this_sequence A108113 A111391 A077788

Adjacent sequences: A075821 A075822 A075823 this_sequence A075825 A075826 A075827

KEYWORD

nonn,more

AUTHOR

Felice Russo (felice.russo(AT)katamail.com), Oct 14 2002

EXTENSIONS

Inserted "odd" in definition. - N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Jan 30 2009

Jon Schoenfield observed that 49 was missing, Jan 30 2009

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