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arxiv: 0704.1327 · v1 · submitted 2007-04-10 · 🧮 math.NT

On the largest prime factor of the Mersenne numbers

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

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