ON THE LARGEST PRIME FACTOR OF THE MERSENNE NUMBERS

DOI10.1017/S0004972709000033zbMATH Open1178.11061arXiv0704.1327OpenAlexW1990905907MaRDI QIDQ3633334FDOQ3633334

Authors: Kevin Ford, Florian Luca, Igor E. Shparlinski 

Publication date: 18 June 2009

Published in: Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let P(k) be the largest prime factor of the positive integer k. In this paper, we prove that the series $su{m}_{nge1}frac(logn{)}^{a}P(2^n-1)$ is convergent for each constant a<1/2, which gives a more precise form of a result of C. L. Stewart from 1977.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1327

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zbMATH Keywords

primesapplications of sieve methodsMersenne numbers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Distribution of integers with specified multiplicative constraints (11N25) Applications of sieve methods (11N36)

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