A054342 First occurrence of distances of equidistant lonely primes. Each equidistant prime is at the same distance (or has the same gap) from the preceding prime and the next prime.

5, 53, 211, 20201, 16787, 69623, 255803, 247141, 3565979, 6314447, 4911311, 12012743, 23346809, 43607429, 34346287, 36598607, 51042053, 460475569, 652576429, 742585297, 530324449, 807620777, 2988119339, 12447231899, 383204683, 4470608101, 5007182863, 36589015601

Offset

1,1

Comments

Or, least balanced primes: starting with 2nd term, 53, the smallest prime such that the distances to the next smallest and next largest primes are both equal to 6n.

The distances corresponding to the above terms are 2, 6, 12, 18, 24, ..., 192, 198, 204, 210, 218, 224.

a(1) is the smallest prime p such that {p-2, p, p+2} are three consecutive primes. For n>1, a(n) is the smallest prime p such that {p-6*(n-1), p, p+6*(n-1)} are three consecutive primes. - Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Apr 16 2022

Links

Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..53 (based on A052187 b-file)

Formula

a(1) = A052187(1) + 2. For n>1, a(n) = A052187(n) + 6*(n-1). - Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Apr 16 2022

Example

211 is an equidistant lonely prime with distance 12. This is the first occurrence of the distance 12, thus 211 is in the sequence.
20201 is a least balanced prime because it is the third term in the sequence and is separated from both the next lower and next higher primes by 3 * 6 = 18.
Here is the beginning of the table of equidistant lonely primes.
Equivalent to 3 consecutive primes in arithmetic progression.
* indicates a maximal gap. This table gives rise to A058867, A058868 and the present sequence.
  Gap  First occurrence
  ---  ----------------
    2*         5
    6*        53
   12*       211
   18      20201
   24*     16787
   30*     69623
   36     255803
   42*    247141
   48*   3565979
   54    6314447
   60*   4911311
   66*  12012743
   72*  23346809
   78   43607429
   84*  34346287
   90*  36598607
   96*  51042053
  102  460475569
  108  652576429

Crossrefs

Cf. A006562, A052187, A058867, A058868, A103709.

Sequence in context: A267543 A058867 A058869 * A216533 A152473 A242906

Adjacent sequences: A054339 A054340 A054341 * A054343 A054344 A054345

Keyword

nonn

Author

Harvey P. Dale, May 06 2000

Extensions

More terms from Jud McCranie, Jun 13 2000

Further terms from Harvey Dubner (harvey(AT)dubner.com), Sep 11 2004

Entry revised by N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 23 2006

4 further terms from Walter Neumann (neumann(AT)math.columbia.edu), Aug 14 2006

a(28) corrected, and terms after a(28) moved from Data section to b-file by Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Apr 16 2022

Status

approved