Definition:Cullen Prime/Sequence
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Sequence
The sequence $\sequence n$ for which $n \times 2^n + 1$ is a prime number begins:
- $1, 141, 4713, 5795, 6611, 18496, 32292, 32469, 59656, 90825, \ldots$
This sequence is A005849 in the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (N. J. A. Sloane (Ed.), 2008).
Sources
- Oct. 1995: Wilfrid Keller: New Cullen Primes (Math. Comp. Vol. 64, no. 212: pp. 1733 – 1741) www.jstor.org/stable/2153382
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $141$
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Cullen Number." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/CullenNumber.html