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A023593
Exponent of least prime factor of 2*prime(n)+1.
2
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1
OFFSET
1,6
LINKS
Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
FORMULA
EXAMPLE
a(6) = 3 because 2*prime(6)+1 = 27 = 3^3.
MAPLE
MATHEMATICA
Table[FactorInteger[2*Prime[n] + 1][[1]][[2]], {n, 100}] (* Clark Kimberling, Oct 01 2013 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = factor(2*prime(n)+1)[1, 2]; \\ Amiram Eldar, Sep 22 2026
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Corrected by Clark Kimberling, Oct 01 2013
STATUS
approved