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### Proth prime

In number theory, a Proth number, named after the mathematician François Proth, is a number of the form

$k \cdot 2^n+1$

where $k$ is an odd positive integer and $n$ is a positive integer such that $2^n > k$. Without the latter condition, all odd integers greater than 1 would be Proth numbers.[1]

The first Proth numbers are (sequence OEIS):

3, 5, 9, 13, 17, 25, 33, 41, 49, 57, 65, 81, 97, 113, 129, 145, 161, 177, 193, 209, 225, 241, etc.

The Cullen numbers (n·2n+1) and Fermat numbers (22n+1) are special cases of Proth numbers.

## Proth primes

A Proth prime is a Proth number which is A080076):

3, 5, 13, 17, 41, 97, 113, 193, 241, 257, 353, 449, 577, 641, 673, 769, 929, 1153, 1217, 1409, 1601, 2113, 2689, 2753, 3137, 3329, 3457, 4481, 4993, 6529, 7297, 7681, 7937, 9473, 9601, 9857.

The primality of a Proth number can be tested with Proth's theorem which states[2] that a Proth number $p$ is prime if and only if there exists an integer $a$ for which the following is true:

$a^\left\{\frac\left\{p-1\right\}\left\{2\right\}\right\}\equiv -1\ \pmod\left\{p\right\}$

The largest known Proth prime as of 2010 is $19249 \cdot 2^\left\{13018586\right\} + 1$.[3] It was found by Konstantin Agafonov in the Seventeen or Bust distributed computing project which announced it 5 May 2007.[4] It is also the largest known non-Mersenne prime.[5]

## References

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