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A079363 Primes of the form 2*3^n-1. +0
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5, 17, 53, 4373, 13121, 1062881, 6973568801, 188286357653, 15251194969973, 100063090197999413, 1046695266054721074427023041, 763040848953891663257299797617, 556256778887387022514571552463521 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

Sum of reciprocals = 0.2779972845973183835923785945..

MATHEMATICA

Select[2*3^Range[100]-1, PrimeQ]

PROGRAM

(PARI) \ Primes in the sequence of sums of alternating powers of 3 pseq3(n) = { j=a=1; p=1; sr=0; while(j<=n, a = a + 3^(p); if(isprime(a), print1(a" "); sr+=1.0/a; ); a = a+3^(p-1); if(isprime(a), print1(a" "); sr+=1.0/a; ); p+=1; j+=2; ); print(); print(sr); }

CROSSREFS

Cf. A003306 (n such that 2*3^n+1 is prime), A003307 (n such that 2*3^n-1 is prime).

Sequence in context: A146063 A146006 A161470 this_sequence A034346 A055419 A027091

Adjacent sequences: A079360 A079361 A079362 this_sequence A079364 A079365 A079366

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Cino Hilliard (hillcino368(AT)gmail.com), Feb 15 2003

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