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Primes p such that x^4 = 2 has a solution mod p

A040098 on the OEIS · family primes

Weight–level plate of Primes p such that x^4 = 2 has a solution mod p
Click the plate to explore it in 3-D. Weight k across, level L up, both on log scales: blue in the weight class (k ≤ L), orange in the level class (k > L). The dashed diagonal is k = L.
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Terms100,000 (n = 1 … 100,000)
Decomposable (a > 2d)99,996
Level class, k > L30,546 · 30.55 %
Weight class, k ≤ L69,450 · 69.45 %
Ties, k = L4
On the level line L = 17,380
Forced level, l ≤ d²32
Range of a(n)2 … 3,751,567
Range of the jump d2 … 366
Largest weight k, level L3,751,141, 1,250,055

110 different gaps occur, from 2 to 366; the level share is 30.55 %.

The decomposition

Every term of a strictly increasing sequence is written a(n) = k(n)·L(n) + d(n): the jump d = a(n+1) − a(n), the weight k the least divisor of a − d greater than d, the level L = (a − d)/k. A term decomposes when a > 2d; it is in the level class when k > L and in the weight class when k ≤ L. See decompwlj.com and arXiv:0711.0865, or how it works, with worked examples and a live one.