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Carmichael numbers in the sequence $(2^n k+1)_{n\ge 1}$
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by Javier Cilleruelo, Florian Luca and Amalia Pizarro-Madariaga PDF
Math. Comp. 85 (2016), 357-377 Request permission

Abstract:

We prove that for each odd number $k$, the sequence $(k2^n+1)_{n\ge 1}$ contains only a finite number of Carmichael numbers. We also prove that $k=27$ is the smallest value for which such a sequence contains some Carmichael number.
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  • Javier Cilleruelo
  • Affiliation: Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM) and Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, España
  • MR Author ID: 292544
  • Email: franciscojavier.cilleruelo@uam.es
  • Florian Luca
  • Affiliation: School of Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, P. O. Box Wits 2050, South Africa
  • MR Author ID: 630217
  • Email: fluca@wits.ac.za
  • Amalia Pizarro-Madariaga
  • Affiliation: Instituto de Matemáticas, Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile
  • Email: amalia.pizarro@uv.cl
  • Received by editor(s): August 12, 2013
  • Received by editor(s) in revised form: July 22, 2014, and July 29, 2014
  • Published electronically: June 15, 2015
  • © Copyright 2015 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Math. Comp. 85 (2016), 357-377
  • MSC (2010): Primary 11A51, 11J86, 11J87
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/mcom/2982
  • MathSciNet review: 3404453