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A080778
Double factorial primes; values k for which k!! + 1 is prime.
25
0, 1, 2, 518, 33416, 37310, 52608, 123998, 220502
OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
Numbers k such that A006882(k) + 1 is prime.
a(1) and a(2) correspond to the same prime, 1+1. For n >= 3, a(n) is even (because (2j+1)!! + 1 is even), and then a(n)/2 equals A256594(n-1). - Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Apr 01 2023
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Double Factorial Prime
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Integer Sequence Primes
EXAMPLE
518 is included because 518*516*514*...*4*2 + 1 is prime. - Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Apr 01 2023
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
hard,nonn,more
AUTHOR
Steven Harvey, Mar 11 2003
EXTENSIONS
a(7) from Herman Jamke (hermanjamke(AT)fastmail.fm), Jan 03 2008
a(8) from Sou Fukui, Jun 05 2015
a(9) from Sou Fukui, Jan 17 2017
STATUS
approved