A116895 - OEIS

A116895

Least prime factor of n^n-1.

3, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 7, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 7, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 13, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 7, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 7, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 7, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 7, 2

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OFFSET

2,1

COMMENTS

If n is odd then a(n)=2; also, if n is even and not divisible by 3 then a(n)=3. - Zak Seidov, Mar 03 2006

LINKS

Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 2..16384

EXAMPLE

6^6-1=5*7*31*43, so a(6)=5.

MATHEMATICA

Table[FactorInteger[GCD[n^n-1, 200! ]][[1, 1]], {n, 2, 130}]

PROG