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Lucas-Carmichael Number


A Lucas-Carmichael number is a squarefree composite number n such that p+1 divides n+1 for every prime divisor p of n. Equivalently,

 p|n==>p+1|n+1.

The first few Lucas-Carmichael numbers are 399, 935, 2015, 2915, 4991, 5719, 7055, 8855, 12719, 18095, ... (OEIS A006972). The definition is analogous to Korselt's criterion for Carmichael numbers, with p+1|n+1 replacing p-1|n-1. There are infinitely many Lucas-Carmichael numbers (Wright 2018).


See also

Carmichael Number, Korselt's Criterion, Squarefree

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References

Wright, T. "There Are Infinitely Many Elliptic Carmichael Numbers." Bull. London Math. Soc. 50, 791-800, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1112/blms.12185.Sloane, N. J. A. Sequence A006972 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Lucas-Carmichael Number." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Lucas-CarmichaelNumber.html

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