Two conjectures on primes dividing \(2^a+ 2^b+ 1\) (Q2566618)

In 1966 H. Hasse proved that the set of primes dividing a number of the form \(2^a + 1\) has the natural density \(17/24\). In this paper the author proves an interesting extension of this result: Theorem 1. Let \(\text{ord}_p(2)\) denote the multiplicative order of \(2 \mod p\). If for a given prime \(p\) we have \(\text{ord}_p(2) \geq p^{8/10}\), then \(p\) divides some number of the form \(2^a + 2^b + 1\). The author also conjectures that almost all primes \(p \leq x\) divide some number of the form \(2^a + 2^b + 1\), while there exist infinitely many primes \(q\) that never divide any number of the form \(2^a + 2^b + 1\).