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A087126 Primes of the form p^k - p^(k-1) + 1 for some prime p and integer k > 1. +0
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3, 5, 7, 17, 19, 43, 101, 157, 163, 257, 487, 1459, 2029, 4423, 6163, 14407, 19183, 22651, 23549, 26407, 37057, 39367, 62501, 65537, 77659, 113233, 121453, 143263, 208393, 292141, 342733, 375157, 412807, 527803, 564899, 590593, 697049, 843643 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

It is usually the case that, for prime p and k > 1, the first time the totient function phi(n) has value p^k - p^(k-1) is for n = p^k. However, this is not true when p^k - p^(k-1) + 1 is prime.

LINKS

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Totient Function

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Totient Valence Function

MATHEMATICA

lst={}; maxNum=10^6; n=1; While[p=Prime[n]; p^2-p+1<maxNum, i=2; While[m=p^i-p^(i-1)+1; m<maxNum, If[PrimeQ[m], AppendTo[lst, m]]; i++ ]; n++ ]; Sort[lst]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A002383 (primes of the form n^2 + n + 1, which is the same as n^2 - n + 1).

Cf. A019434 (Fermat primes), A003306 (2*3^n + 1 is prime), A056799 (8*9^n + 1 is prime), A056797 (9*10^n + 1 is prime), A087139 (least k such that p^k - p^(k-1) + 1 is prime for p = prime(n)).

Sequence in context: A085499 A092951 A001259 this_sequence A062547 A125739 A122853

Adjacent sequences: A087123 A087124 A087125 this_sequence A087127 A087128 A087129

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Aug 15 2003

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