Variations on a Theme of Sierpiński
Lenny Jones 
Department of Mathematics 
Shippensburg University 
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania 17257 
USA
Abstract:
Using an idea of 
Erdős,
Sierpiński proved that there exist
infinitely many odd positive integers k such that
k•2n+1
is composite for all positive integers n. In this paper we give a
brief discussion of Sierpiński's theorem and some variations
that have been examined, including the work of Riesel, Brier, Chen,
and most recently, Filaseta, Finch and Kozek. The majority of the
paper is devoted to the presentation of some new results concerning
our own variations of Sierpiński's original theorem.
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Received November 14 2006;
revised version received April 14 2007.
Published in Journal of Integer Sequences, April 14 2007.
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