OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
This is a special case of prime chains generated by f(x) = cx + d.
a(11) > 8695354111. - Donovan Johnson, Sep 27 2008
LINKS
D. H. Lehmer, On certain chains of primes, Proc. London Math. Soc. (3) 14a 1965 183-186.
EXAMPLE
a(3)=13 since 13, f(13)=67 and f(67)=337 are primes when f(x) = 5x+2.
MATHEMATICA
c[p_] := Block[{k = 1, q = 5*p+2}, While[ PrimeQ[q], q = 5*q+2; k++]; k]; a[n_] := Block[{p = 2}, While[c[p] < n, p = NextPrime@ p]; p]; Array[a, 7] (* Giovanni Resta, Mar 21 2017 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
more,nonn
AUTHOR
W. Edwin Clark, Jun 14 2003
EXTENSIONS
a(10) from Donovan Johnson, Sep 27 2008
a(11)-a(12) from John Cerkan, Jan 20 2017
a(13) from Giovanni Resta, Mar 21 2017
STATUS
approved