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A062395 8^n + 1. +0
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2, 9, 65, 513, 4097, 32769, 262145, 2097153, 16777217, 134217729, 1073741825, 8589934593, 68719476737, 549755813889, 4398046511105, 35184372088833, 281474976710657, 2251799813685249, 18014398509481985, 144115188075855873 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENT

Any number of the form b^k+1 is composite for b>2 and k odd since b+1 algebraically divides b^k+1. - Robert G. Wilson v Aug 25 2002.

REFERENCES

D. M. Burton, Elementary Number Theory, Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA, 1976, pp. 51.

G. Everest, A. van der Poorten, I. Shparlinski and T. Ward, Recurrence Sequences, Amer. Math. Soc., 2003; see esp. p. 255.

LINKS

Index entries for sequences related to linear recurrences with constant coefficients

FORMULA

a(n) = 8a(n-1)-7 = A001018(n)+1 = 9a(n-1) - 8a(n-2).

G.f.: -(-2+9*x)/(-1+x)/(-1+8*x). - R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Nov 16 2007

E.g.f.: e^x+e^(8*x). [From Mohammad K. Azarian (azarian(AT)evansville.edu), Jan 02 2009]

MAPLE

with(finance):seq(mul(cashflows([2, 2, 4], 0 ), k=1..n)+1, n=0..19); - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Jun 30 2008

MATHEMATICA

Table[8^n + 1, {n, 0, 20}]

PROGRAM

(PARI) for(n=0, 22, print(8^n+1)).

CROSSREFS

Cf. A054977, A007395, A000051, A034472, A052539, A034474, A062394, A034491, A062396, A062397, A007689, A063376, A063481, A074600 - A074624, A034524 for numbers one more than powers.

Sequence in context: A152915 A168383 A071300 this_sequence A099975 A127056 A042255

Adjacent sequences: A062392 A062393 A062394 this_sequence A062396 A062397 A062398

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Henry Bottomley (se16(AT)btinternet.com), Jun 22 2001

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