OFFSET
1,1
REFERENCES
Enoch Haga, Exploring Primes on Your PC, 2nd edition, 1998, ISBN 1-885794-16-9. Table 2, page 33.
LINKS
Thomas R. Nicely, First occurrence prime gaps [For local copy see A000101].
EXAMPLE
Among the first 10 primes, {2,3,...,23,29}, the largest difference is 29-23=6. Therefore 6 is the largest prime gap in the first ten primes.
MATHEMATICA
a = 1; b = 1; d = 0; k = 1; Do[ While[k <= 10^n, a = b; b = Prime[k]; If[b - a > d; d = b - a]; k++ ]; Print[d], {n, 12}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Sep 24 2004 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Edited and extended by Robert G. Wilson v, Sep 24 2004
STATUS
approved