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A question of primes (Posted on 2005-06-08)

Find the smallest integer n that makes 11 x 14^n + 1, a prime number, or, prove that it doesn't exist.

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There cannot exist any integer n, that will make (11 x 14^n + 1) a prime number.

Posted by K Sengupta on 2008-11-07 01:27:45

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