Cunningham chains

A form of Cunningham chain — A Cunningham chain of the first kind of length n is a sequence of prime numbers (p₁, ..., pₙ) such that for all 1 ≤ i < n, pᵢ₊₁ = 2pᵢ + 1.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of Cunningham chain
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