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A093810
Smallest prime factor of 2^n-3.
2
1, 5, 13, 29, 61, 5, 11, 509, 1021, 5, 4093, 19, 16381, 5, 13, 53, 11, 5, 1048573, 773, 4194301, 5, 16777213, 479, 37, 5, 11, 536870909, 23, 5, 9241, 29, 5113, 5, 242819, 47189, 11, 5, 13, 23, 47, 5, 5927, 2087, 227, 5, 11, 19, 59, 5, 13, 2203, 36217, 5, 181
OFFSET
2,2
LINKS
Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 2..626 (terms 2..200 from Vincenzo Librandi)
FORMULA
a(n) = A020639(A036563(n)). - Amiram Eldar, Sep 12 2022
MATHEMATICA
PrimeFactors[n_] := Flatten[ Table[ # [[1]], {1}] & /@ FactorInteger[n]]; Table[ PrimeFactors[2^n - 3][[1]], {n, 2, 60}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, May 24 2004 *)
FactorInteger[#][[1, 1]]&/@(2^Range[2, 60]-3) (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 21 2016 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Yasutoshi Kohmoto, May 11 2004
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Robert G. Wilson v, May 24 2004
STATUS
approved