1, 0, 2, 3, 0, 1, 3, 0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 2, 0, 2, 6, 0, 1, 183, 0, 2, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 21, 0, 1, 185, 0, 3, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 120, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 8, 0, 5, 9, 0, 2, 2, 0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 3, 0, 9, 14, 0, 3, 1, 0, ... Least k ≥ 1 such that (n−1)·nk − 1 is prime are: (start with n = 2) 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 14, 1, 1, 2, 6, 1, 1, 1, 55, 12, 1, 133, 1, 20, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 15, 3, 1, 7, 136211, 1, 1, 7, 1, 7, 7, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 25, 1, 5, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 899, 3, 11, 1, 1, 1, 63, 1, 13, 1, 25, 8, 3, 2, 7, 1, 44, 2, 11, 3, 81, 21495, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 25, 1, 519, 77, 476, 1, 1, 2, 1, 4983, 2, 2, ... Least k ≥ 1 such that (n−1)·nk + 1 is prime are: (start with n = 2) 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 10, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 1, 29, 14, 1, 1, 14, 2, 1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 4, 5, 12, 2, 1, 2, 2, 9, 16, 1, 2, 80, 1, 2, 4, 2, 3, 16, 2, 2, 2, 1, 15, 960, 15, 1, 4, 3, 1, 14, 1, 6, 20, 1, 3, 946, 6, 1, 18, 10, 1, 4, 1, 5, 42, 4, 1, 828, 1, 1, 2, 1, 12, 2, 6, 4, 30, 3, 3022, 2, 1, 1, 8, 2, 4, 4, 2, 11, 8, 2, 1, ... Pierpont numbers are a generalization of Thabit numbers of the second kind . References External links Chris Caldwell, The Largest Known Primes Database at The Prime Pages A Thabit prime of the first kind base 2: (2+1)·211895718 − 1 A Thabit prime of the second kind base 2: (2+1)·210829346 + 1 A Williams prime of the first kind base 2: (2−1)·274207281 − 1 A Williams prime of the first kind base 3: (3−1)·31360104 − 1 A Williams prime of the second kind base 3: (3−1)·31175232 + 1 A Williams prime of the first kind base 10: (10−1)·10383643