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A117706 Numbers n such that 6^n-n^6 is prime. +0
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1, 7, 13, 35, 53, 115, 145, 307, 10163 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENT

a(9) found by Donovan Johnson

Comment by Donovan Johnson : A117705 and A117706 are both Fermat probable prime to four bases. They have also passed a Miller-Rabin primality test in five randomly chosen bases. checked the n values up to 70000 for A117705 and n values up to 60000 for A117706. No additional primes or probable primes were found.

EXAMPLE

a(2)=7 because 6^7 - 7^6 = 162287 is prime

MATHEMATICA

Do[If[PrimeQ[(6^n-n^6)], Print[n]], {n, 1, 3000}]

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A060983 A001001 A067692 this_sequence A066673 A088985 A022005

Adjacent sequences: A117703 A117704 A117705 this_sequence A117707 A117708 A117709

KEYWORD

hard,more,nonn

AUTHOR

Mohammed Bouayoun (Mohammed.Bouayoun(AT)sanef.com), Apr 13 2006, Jan 08 2008

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