On 2/17/06, Farideh Firoozbakht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can anybody prove that P(p) can never be prime for prime p or > > find prime P(p) for some prime p (in which case p must be > 150000) ? > > Note that P(2)=7 & P(3)=43, so I think your question should be: > > Can anybody prove that P(p) can never be prime for prime p, p>3 or > find prime P(p) for some prime p>3 (in which case p must be > 150000) ?
Thanks for pointing this out! Yes, p must be greater than 3. I forgot to mention that. btw, the problem has an algebraic origin as it appeared in research related to PU_3(q) groups. And the author of original message about this problem is very much interested in getting the answer. Max _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
