OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
From Daniel Forgues, Jun 19 2011: (Start)
Generalized Fermat numbers F_n(a) := F_n(a,1) = a^(2^n)+1, a >= 2, n >= 0, can't be prime if a is odd (as is the case for the current sequence) (Ribenboim (1996)).
All factors of generalized Fermat numbers F_n(a,b) := a^(2^n)+b^(2^n), a >= 2, n >= 0, are of the form k*2^m+1, k >= 1, m >=0 (Riesel (1994, 1998)). (This only expresses that the factors are odd, which means that it only applies to odd generalized Fermat numbers.) (End)
LINKS
Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..12
Anders Björn and Hans Riesel, Factors of Generalized Fermat Numbers, Mathematics of Computation, Vol. 67, No. 221, Jan., 1998, pp. 441-446.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Generalized Fermat Number.
OEIS Wiki, Generalized Fermat numbers.
FORMULA
a(0) = 8, a(n)=(a(n-1)-1)^2+1, n >= 1.
a(n) = 6*a(n-1)*a(n-2)*...*a(1)*a(0) + 2, n >= 0, where for n = 0, we get 6*(empty product, i.e., 1)+ 2 = 8 = a(0). This means that the GCD of any pair of terms is 2. - Daniel Forgues, Jun 20 2011
Sum_{n>=0} 2^n/a(n) = 1/6. - Amiram Eldar, Oct 03 2022
EXAMPLE
a(0) = 7^1+1 = 8 = 6*(1)+2 = 6*(empty product)+2.
a(1) = 7^2+1 = 50 = 6*(8)+2.
a(2) = 7^4+1 = 2402 = 6*(8*50)+2.
a(3) = 7^8+1 = 5764802 = 6*(8*50*2402)+2.
a(4) = 7^16+1 = 33232930569602 = 6*(8*50*2402*5764802)+2.
a(5) = 7^32+1 = 1104427674243920646305299202 = 6*(8*50*2402*5764802*33232930569602)+2.
MATHEMATICA
Table[7^2^n + 1, {n, 0, 6}] (* Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Nov 02 2012 *)
PROG
(Magma) [7^(2^n) + 1: n in [0..8]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jun 20 2011
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Eric W. Weisstein, Nov 21 2002
EXTENSIONS
Edited by Daniel Forgues, Jun 19 2011
STATUS
approved