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A058193
Smallest prime p such that there is a gap of 6n between p and the next prime.
5
23, 199, 523, 1669, 4297, 9551, 16141, 28229, 35617, 43331, 162143, 31397, 188029, 461717, 404851, 360653, 1444309, 2238823, 492113, 1895359, 1671781, 1357201, 3826019, 11981443, 13626257, 17983717, 39175217, 37305713, 52721113
OFFSET
1,1
FORMULA
a(n) = A000230(3n).
EXAMPLE
d=72 appears after 31397, while smaller d=54,60,66 come later, following primes 35617,43331,162143 respectively.
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = {p=3; q = nextprime(p+1); while((q-p) != 6*n, p = q; q = nextprime(q+1)); p; } \\ Michel Marcus, Mar 12 2016
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Labos Elemer, Nov 28 2000
EXTENSIONS
Offset corrected by M. F. Hasler, Apr 09 2013
STATUS
approved