Find all primes p such that 2^p + p^2 is also prime.
Prove there are no
others.
I haven't read any of the posted comments yet, but I have a partial solution.
p=1 yields 3 and p=3 yields 17.
The only other p that yields any kind of prime number is in the form p=3+6n where n=0,1,2.... Of course this given p is divisible by 3. So there are no other prime numbers.
I can deduce that any other prime will not be even, and it will not be of the form p=3+6n. But I don't know why the odd prime numbers not of the form p=3 + 6n yields a number that is divisible by 3.
It's easy to follow that for p = 2n where n=0,1,2... that these p numbers are prime nor is the resulting function for they are both divisible by 2. I'm not sure how to go about prooving that there are no other primes.
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Posted by Michael
on 2004-11-26 21:25:21 |