The Riesel problem

Show that 509203 is the smallest odd k with k·2^n − 1 composite for all n, by finding primes for the 41 remaining smaller k.

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	14	+ "key": "formal-conjectures",
	15	+ "name": "Formal Conjectures",
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	17	+ "id": "OEIS/108129",
	18	+ "curator": "Google DeepMind and contributors",
	19	+ "poser": "Hans Riesel",
	20	+ "status": "open",
	21	+ "as_of": "2026-10-20",
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