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A087885 Numbers n such that 5^n +2 is a prime. +0
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1, 3, 17, 143, 261, 551, 2285, 18731, 18995, 19751, 62067 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENT

Terms <= 551 correspond to certified primes. Next term after 2285 is greater than 10000.

LINKS

Henri & Renaud Lifchitz, PRP Records.

EXAMPLE

a(2)=3 is a member because 5^3 +2 = 127 is a prime.

5^17 + 2 = 762939453127 is prime, hence 17 is a term.

MATHEMATICA

Do[If[PrimeQ[5^n + 2], Print[n]], {n, 1, 10000}] (Propper)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A051783, 3^n +2 is a prime.

Sequence in context: A136727 A120022 A001865 this_sequence A051442 A162650 A015735

Adjacent sequences: A087882 A087883 A087884 this_sequence A087886 A087887 A087888

KEYWORD

hard,nonn

AUTHOR

Donald S. McDonald (don.mcdonald(AT)paradise.net.nz), Oct 13 2003

EXTENSIONS

Two more terms from Ryan Propper (rpropper(AT)stanford.edu), Jun 17 2005

{18731, 18995, 19751, 62067} found by Mike Oakes in 2003. - Alexander Adamchuk (alex(AT)kolmogorov.com), Mar 02 2008

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