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A053664 Smallest number m such that m = i mod prime_i for 1<=i<=n. 12
1, 5, 23, 53, 1523, 29243, 299513, 4383593, 188677703, 5765999453, 5765999453, 2211931390883, 165468170356703, 8075975022064163, 361310530977154973, 20037783573808880093, 1779852341342071295513, 40235059344426324076913 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Suggested by Chinese Remainder Theorem.

REFERENCES

Niven & Zuckerman: An Intr. to the Theory of Numbers John Wiley 1966. Pag. 40

Paulo Ribenboim : The New Book of Prime Numbers Records Springer 1996 Pag. 33

LINKS

Nick Hobson, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..100

EXAMPLE

a(3) = 23 because this is the smallest number m such that m = 1 mod 2, m = 2 mod 3 and m = 3 mod 5.

a(4) = 53 because 53 - 1 is divisible by 2, 53 - 2 is divisible by 3, 53 - 3 is divisible by 5 and 53 - 4 is divisible by 7.

MATHEMATICA

f[n_] := ChineseRemainder[ Range[n], Prime[Range[n]]]; Array[f, 20]

PROG

(PARI) for(n=1, 20, m=1; while(sum(i=1, n, abs(m%prime(i)-i))>0, m++); print1(m, ", "))

(PARI) x=Mod(1, 1); for(i=1, 18, x=chinese(x, Mod(i, prime(i))); print1(component(x, 2), ", ")) - Nick Hobson (nickh(AT)qbyte.org), Jan 08 2007

CROSSREFS

Cf. A192363.

Sequence in context: A082277 A155851 A019267 * A186030 A092544 A098499

Adjacent sequences:  A053661 A053662 A053663 * A053665 A053666 A053667

KEYWORD

easy,nonn,nice

AUTHOR

Joe K. Crump (joecr(AT)carolina.rr.com), Feb 16 2000

EXTENSIONS

Additional comments from Luis A. Rodriguez (luiroto(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 23 2002

Edited by N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com) and Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), May 03 2002

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