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A057207 a(1)=5, a(n) is the smallest prime dividing 4*Q^2 + 1 where Q is the product of all previous terms in the sequence. 4
5, 101, 1020101, 53, 29, 2507707213238852620996901, 449, 13, 8693, 1997, 6029, 61, 3181837, 113, 181, 1934689, 6143090225314378441493352126119201470973493456817556328833988172277, 4733, 3617, 41, 68141, 37, 51473, 17, 821, 598201519454797, 157, 9689, 2357, 757, 149, 293, 5261 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Removed redundant mod(p,4) = 1 criterion from definition. By quadratic reciprocity, all factors of 1 + 4Q^2 are congruent to 1 (mod 4). See comments at the end of the b-file for an additional eight terms not proved, but nevertheless highly likely to be correct. - Daran Gill, Mar 23 2013
REFERENCES
P. G. L. Dirichlet (1871): Vorlesungen über Zahlentheorie. Braunschweig, Viewig, Supplement VI, 24 pages.
G. H. Hardy and E. M. Wright, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers. 3rd ed., Oxford Univ. Press, 1954, page 13.
LINKS
Mersenne Forum, Sequence A057207
EXAMPLE
a(4)=53 is the smallest prime divisor of 4*(5.101.1020101)^2+1 = 1061522231810040101 = 53*1613*12417062216309.
MATHEMATICA
t = {5}; Do[q = Times @@ t; AppendTo[t, FactorInteger[1 + 4*q^2][[1, 1]]], {6}]; t (* T. D. Noe, Mar 27 2013 *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A337831 A337828 A275749 * A124986 A231830 A260024
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Labos Elemer, Oct 09 2000
EXTENSIONS
Eight more terms, a(9)-a(16), from Max Alekseyev, Apr 27 2009
Seventeen more terms, a(17)-a(33), added by Daran Gill, Mar 23 2013
STATUS
approved

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