A139314 - OEIS

A139314

Primes of the form 2^(2p - 1) - 1, where p is prime.

7, 31, 8191, 2305843009213693951

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OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

Primes in A139287.

This sequence is a subsequence of A000668. From A000043, a(5) = 2^3217 - 1.

The next term a(6) is an unknown Mersenne prime. [Washington Bomfim, Nov 18 2009]

a(5) has 969 digits. - Vincenzo Librandi, Dec 14 2010

The first three terms can be written as (n^3 - 1)/(n - 1) for some n. [Arkadiusz Wesolowski, May 09 2012]

LINKS

PROG

(Magma) [a: p in PrimesUpTo(4200) | IsPrime(a) where a is 2^(2*p-1)-1]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Dec 14 2010

CROSSREFS

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Omar E. Pol, Apr 13 2008

STATUS

approved