TITLE: Does the Fourier expansion of the j-function have any prime coefficients?
QUESTION [20 upvotes]: Title asks it: Does the Fourier expansion of the  j-function have any prime coefficients?
A superabundance of congruences involving primes up to 13 rule out many candidates, but calculation suggests that primes $p>13$ occur as divisors at frequencies (about?) $1/p$.
But
$$c_{71}=278775024890624328476718493296348769305198947=(353) (5533876049689057963) (142708463580969897033673)$$
so that might count as a near miss.
That said, though composite, none of $c_{1319},c_{1559},c_{1871},c_{2111},c_{2231},c_{3239},c_{3551}, 
c_{4271}, c_{4799}, c_{5471}$,... has a factor less than 100.

REPLY [21 votes]: There are seven prime values (passing a BPSW test) of $c_n$ with $n \le 2 \cdot 10^7$, at indices 457871, 685031, 1029071, 1101431, 9407831, 11769911, and 18437999.
For a writeup about the computations, source code, and the prime numbers themselves, see:
https://github.com/fredrik-johansson/jfunction
The first prime $c_{457871}$ is the following 3689-digit number:
30801636514011810817665318374658229108845878479020424564852145048550477094266397753615620563343543122809859646561082297428127434662591162587465688189470673559500946738365120052237063677089165938711865291826029106118944935275575747924692016273156986404534483801538929131770513483035012136870394657959401728135298020394188493171098233244180987908576898694823463564573986521378977434641833939268448907892425327423931702787985965542437137823321051154070271812702040044018249180573203850835848455588503282760349067467783417988439399728717693269653344946303351200847243267479008953480983893357261716684979093234554524907570654175153716092013381021033631140271230374127359907711968372522745844402375355449952404485703394467619855566837872874898909971592754384802113052943616244616228982238122927893868687205058321497136583843454449483568143398274104240118934930464297655670020151675237805373543868606164624359906981163728280265160187710553222515223577715624809615213830941718538338330718318212962253165154784990727034694055424785446779353587418545233599512401297307560287330719685869795522920270669609498639686158362603820371777436303198350821510562028940026062291473250204511985677264132923030166903832835499326969147438699601413777550018800825631136927531190121891919023537853918707520543367800297170322643557011053113196699442392677721251164071912545596204918917566579754931649583289900867072630307177448327512748573948720052532426026582228531694404885199310535255097152264726060203165225244982020696634699998363392968546865623955653923292400203238704016331998301098882719280237294694368706187727194309664172903851082095220551328392538250319846241916349485122880753951745944930504836900929002975743487891022913325212927877123283110371004511930228354316650588540693893785256904915901446318107624914828072059779823732136657855374843120155979700684426795681799949828354496446059153417627020927839115150227802126261918915561804876068184778844391781134858921611498880947743310539662060436623031296503497690935576519684398269951037522254928920040638913033916447480995451172728711833839757712418893132702856601768693707767408660072694546475350179623544013680656723320135856226549734491873157405584154845513711221581080660024268777736123563250061564832634510929167076111162819878757339574946474890631427413494266622011134541083389565676533915214975782362935488902596227893270340685189472412328774565836766141144309983845007818359559400419277334332676913295096744471767890050480297665094988593656013858404531156346968039028944208325870737014099138274367178622028282421548639862174878971583355345514824564041789417768026191489674685601130884770272042320774286085741557976163690129647685531361972350643878463985533720888119015787469601005630621659687749812528402893568495431951749454436584549713954945990865871059056586397539337257860037142247888078726810588665972975365062119719322236620399267595421045468328581519496916075539958247075033250213251987450634988759698630929366797978086037651833328039578740169593342409162117195011259429537049154618053581738781731898468529654264215451362063751162610494664217028387863630499363451607405876105244341222047086047630946033922722790116254686279821386138836326264599571591967081705529398847838399554521937548523334357827287180353919911626556542110462725508733594289737987833526697420630616509010365868192637613354631155273335447830149024265581051436057754643260886600218454986343035650276055047068090749733940363539512760186969985697586068479926077515927351409212093813617210155525035138051400826519032339949113881712130873854263099726139035786383205124051644483087596049043497124737908938233702928805190964560673396398573801431769834039050534841422792714076699