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Divisibility wanted (Posted on 2013-09-12)

Find integer(s) n such that 2ⁿ+2 is divisible by n.

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10   for N=2 to 10000000
20    P=modpow(2,N,N)
30    if (P+2) @ N=0 then print N
40   next

finds

2
6
66
946
8646
180246
199606
265826
383846
1234806
3757426
9880278

which allows finding Sloane's A006517 in the OEIS. It's an infinite sequence.

Posted by Charlie on 2013-09-12 15:46:20

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