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Cunningham numbers: of the form a^b +- 1, where a, b >= 2.
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#22 by Michael De Vlieger at Fri May 31 22:10:05 EDT 2024
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#21 by Jon E. Schoenfield at Fri May 31 20:22:05 EDT 2024
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#20 by Jon E. Schoenfield at Fri May 31 20:22:03 EDT 2024
FORMULA

a(2n) = A001597(n+2)-1, a(2n+1) = A001597(n+2)+1 for n >= 5, if (25,27) is the only pair of perfect powers who that differ by 2. (Note that it is known as Mihăilescu's theorem (formerly called Catalan's conjecture) that (8,9) is the only pair of perfect powers who differ by 1). ) - Jianing Song, Oct 15 2022

EXAMPLE

26 = 3^3 - 1, 126 = 5^3 + 1 are Cunningham numbers.

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#19 by N. J. A. Sloane at Sat Oct 15 16:17:48 EDT 2022
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#18 by Jianing Song at Sat Oct 15 15:08:29 EDT 2022
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Discussion
Sat Oct 15
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Jianing Song: Differing by 2 causes overlapping (24, 26, 28), and differing by 1 causes interchanging (7, 8, 9, 10).
#17 by Jianing Song at Sat Oct 15 15:07:23 EDT 2022
FORMULA

a(2n) = A001597(n+2)-1, a(2n+1) = A001597(n+2)+1 for n >= 5, if (25,27) is the only pair of perfect powers who differ by 2. (Note that it is known as Mihăilescu's theorem (formerly called Catalan's conjecture) that (8,9) is the only pair of perfect powers who differ by 1). - Jianing Song, Oct 15 2022

CROSSREFS

Cf. A001597 (the perfect powers).

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#16 by Joerg Arndt at Sat Apr 02 09:23:40 EDT 2022
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#15 by Michel Marcus at Sat Apr 02 05:17:26 EDT 2022
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#14 by Amiram Eldar at Sat Apr 02 05:00:48 EDT 2022
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#13 by Amiram Eldar at Sat Apr 02 04:57:49 EDT 2022
LINKS

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CunninghamNumber.html">Cunningham Number.</a>.