OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The corresponding Mersenne numbers are in A135977.
a(43) >= 1237.
The following primes are also terms of this sequence: 1301, 1303, 1327, 1459, 1531, 1559, 1907, 2311, 2383, 2887, 3041, 3547, 3833, 4127, 4507, 4871, 6883, 7673, 8233.
FORMULA
2^a(n) - 1 = A135977(n).
EXAMPLE
29 is a term since 2^29-1 = 536870911 = 233 * 1103 * 2089 has exactly 3 distinct prime factors.
MATHEMATICA
Select[Range[200], PrimeQ[#] && PrimeNu[2^# - 1] == 3 &]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, May 21 2021
STATUS
approved