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20197
Unique Lehmer primes 1) Definition of a unique Lehmer prime: If, for a given integer P > 2 and choice of sign, the Lehmer sequence U(P,1,n+1) +/- U(P,1,n) with...
David Broadhurst
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May 2, 2009
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20198
... Hmmm, not quite so far to go now. The largest known unique Lehmer prime now has 4730 digits. Here it is as a Lehmer primitive part: Calling N+1 BLS with...
David Broadhurst
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May 2, 2009
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20199
... But I got there, thanks to OpenLenstra: http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=87993 I'm not confident about proving gigantic unique Lehmer PPRs like...
David Broadhurst
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May 2, 2009
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20200
... 2^52 - 2 = 1 mod 13...
David Broadhurst
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May 3, 2009
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20201
... There are 14 bible-belt gigantic unique Lehmer PPRs with index = 71^2. So far I have inspected 9/14, with a decent dose of GMP-ECM, and proven one with...
David Broadhurst
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May 3, 2009
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20202
Have a prime factor with exponent 1   p*s+q*r=pi^1*pj^aj*pq^aq..... ... De: Paul Leyland <paul@...> Asunto: Re: [PrimeNumbers] It is never a...
Sebastian Martin Ruiz
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May 3, 2009
9:16 pm
20203
He means : " Proposition: If p,q,r,s are consecutive primes, then valuation( ps+rs, P )=1 for some prime P. Corollary: If p,q,r,s are consecutive primes, then...
Maximilian Hasler
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May 3, 2009
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20204
...and I meant: " Proposition: If p,q,r,s are consecutive primes, then valuation( ps+qr, P )=1 for some prime P. Corollary: If p,q,r,s are consecutive primes,...
Maximilian Hasler
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May 3, 2009
9:57 pm
20205
... [snip] ... A cool concept, and analysis, David. I have a small query about your Statistics, really about the semantics of the expression "proably unique...
Mike Oakes
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May 4, 2009
4:48 pm
20206
... Indeed! These are all BPSW probable primes. David...
David Broadhurst
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May 4, 2009
10:52 pm
20207
Hi All, Not sure who (if anyone, as the Chris's prime pages doesn't track them) is interested in this type of prime but fyi ...
Ken Davis
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May 6, 2009
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20208
Hello, I am an Asst. Teacher in Mathematics in the 11 and 12th grade, from Kolkata, West Bengal, India and have recently joined the...
Jayanta Das
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May 6, 2009
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20209
... Welcome. ... Pythagorean triplets have already been enumerated. They're all of the form { k(x^2+y^2), kxy, k(x^2-y^2) }. ... Attachments are not permitted...
Phil Carmody
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May 6, 2009
6:58 am
20210
Hi, I have played with consecutive primes p1,p2,p3,p4 and determined (see link) that any combinition of pi*pj + pk*pl is possibly square if 3 of them are 4k+3...
cino hilliard
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May 6, 2009
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20211
... Congrats. As far as I know, that is the largest proven pair, and the largest prp pairs are in http://mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=11381#10 I don't...
Jens Kruse Andersen
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May 6, 2009
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20212
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the primenumbers group. File : /Prime...
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20213
... I have today uploaded a file containing the results of my search for all primes of this form for 2<=b<=1000, 2<=p<10000, done in the years 2000-2008. It is...
Mike Oakes
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May 7, 2009
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20214
For integer R>=1, Q>=1, and odd n>=1, define the Lehmer sequence LV(R,Q,n) = (x^n+y^n)/(x+y) where x = sqrt(R)/2+sqrt(R-4*Q)/2 and y=sqrt(R)/2-sqrt(R-4*Q)/2 ...
Mike Oakes
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May 7, 2009
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20215
... R=4, Q=1 => x=sqrt(4)/2+sqrt(4-4)/2 = 1+0 = 1 , y=1-0 = 1 LV(4,1,n) = (1^n+1^n)/(1+1) = 1 for all n. Thus, u(4,1) = oo = max(u(R,Q); R,Q >= 1) Maximilian,...
Maximilian Hasler
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May 7, 2009
5:21 pm
20216
... The Society for Suppression of Square Roots hopes to be able to announce, within a few days, the proof of a unique Lehmer prime with more than 15000 digits...
David Broadhurst
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May 7, 2009
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20217
... I was careless in defining the exact ranges of Q and R. The transformation (R=>-R, Q=>-Q) leaves LV() invariant; so w.l.o.g. we can require Q>0 (if we...
Mike Oakes
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May 7, 2009
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20218
... Then he ammended this puzzle, in response to a delightful posting by ... Hence I faithfully reparse Mike's revised puzzle as this: For integer Q > 0 and...
David Broadhurst
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May 7, 2009
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20219
... Here is a simple link to Mike's interesting table: http://tinyurl.com/d3nf9w David...
David Broadhurst
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May 7, 2009
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20220
... (Thanks, Mike !) ... Thanks, David! (Remark: These tiny urls are nice, but can be quite annoying when they point to a website that re-arranged its...
Maximilian Hasler
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May 7, 2009
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20221
... When presented with something a bit difficult, Einstein was wont to say "I must a little t'ink..." I don't know at the moment how to fix my puzzle to stop...
Mike Oakes
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May 7, 2009
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20222
... OK Boss, message received and understood. Sometimes such discoveries are best not cast as puzzles. Discovery: Mike Oakes has found a (Q,R) integer pair...
David Broadhurst
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May 7, 2009
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20223
... Just exclude oo explicitly... (What is the largest finite value...). An hint through an experimental approach: u(R,Q,N=9)={...
Maximilian Hasler
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May 7, 2009
11:32 pm
20224
... With Q = 2 and R = 7 we get precisely 3 units, at n = 3, 5, 13. I assume that this is Mike's discovery, but as he is being cagey, I cannot be sure. David...
David Broadhurst
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May 8, 2009
2:39 am
20225
... my "experimental" table shows other cases: [3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1] [4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1] [2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1] [9 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1] [2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1] [1 2 1 1 1 1...
Maximilian Hasler
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May 8, 2009
3:02 am
20226
... I think you are wrong, Maximilian. With Q = 3 and R = 10, I did not obtain 3 units from (x^n+y^n)/(x+y) with x = sqrt(R)/2 + sqrt(R-4*Q)/2 y = sqrt(R)/2 -...
David Broadhurst
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