OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The ordered pair (p(n),a(n)) where p(n) is the n-th irregular prime is called an irregular pair. Some irregular primes, such as 157, are in more than one pair. See A091887 for the number of pairs for each irregular prime. See A092681 and A092682 for higher-order irregular pairs. - T. D. Noe, Mar 03 2004
REFERENCES
L. C. Washington, Introduction to Cyclotomic Fields, Springer, p. 350.
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Irregular Pair
EXAMPLE
The first irregular prime (37) divides the numerator (-7709321041217) of the 32nd Bernoulli number.
MATHEMATICA
Do[ p = Prime[ n ]; k = 1; While[ 2*k < p - 3 && Mod[ Numerator[ BernoulliB[ 2*k ] ], p ] != 0, k++ ]; If[ 2*k != p - 3, Print[ 2*k ] ], { n, 3, 200} ]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Robert G. Wilson v, May 12 2001
STATUS
approved