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A008950
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Increasing length runs of consecutive composite numbers (starting points).
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7
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4, 8, 24, 90, 114, 524, 888, 1130, 1328, 9552, 15684, 19610, 31398, 155922, 360654, 370262, 492114, 1349534, 1357202, 2010734, 4652354, 17051708, 20831324, 47326694, 122164748, 189695660, 191912784, 387096134, 436273010, 1294268492
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OFFSET
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1,1
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COMMENTS
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There are runs of n consecutive composite numbers for every n. For example, the n numbers (n+1)!+2 ... (n+1)!+n+1 are composite. Such a run may start of course earlier than this. - Joerg Arndt, May 01 2013
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FORMULA
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MATHEMATICA
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maxGap = 1; Reap[Do[p = Prime[n]; gap = Prime[n+1] - p; If[gap > maxGap, Print[p+1]; Sow[p+1]; maxGap = gap], {n, 2, 10^8 }]][[2, 1]] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jun 15 2012 *)
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn,nice
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AUTHOR
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Mark Cramer (m.cramer(AT)qut.edu.au). Computed by Dennis Yelle (dennis(AT)netcom.com).
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STATUS
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approved
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