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A090660 Numbers n such that n*nextprime((n-1)!)-nextprime(n!) < 0. 3
3, 4, 12, 28, 38, 42, 74, 78, 117, 155, 321, 341, 400, 428, 873, 1478, 6381, 26952 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

3*nextprime((3-1)!)-nextprime(3!) = 3*nextprime(2!)-nextprime(3!) = 3*2-7 = -1.

For n>2 n!+1 is prime <==> nextprime((n+1)!)>(n+1)nextprime(n!) and we can conjecture that for n>2 if n!+1 is prime then (n+1)!+1 is not prime.

MATHEMATICA

NextPrim[ n_ ] := Block[ {k = n + 1}, While[ !PrimeQ[ k ], k++ ]; k ]; Select[ Range[ 260 ], #*NextPrim[ (# - 1)! ] - NextPrim[ #! ] < 0 & ] (from Robert G. Wilson v)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A090661, A089014.

Equals A002981 + 1.

Sequence in context: A000207 A002986 A147569 * A000208 A079154 A101716

Adjacent sequences:  A090657 A090658 A090659 * A090661 A090662 A090663

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Mohammed Bouayoun (bouyao(AT)wanadoo.fr), Dec 15 2003

EXTENSIONS

Better description from Don Reble, Dec 20, 2003

Three more terms from Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Dec 20 2003

a(14) from Mohammed Bouayoun (bouyao(AT)wanadoo.fr), Jan 05 2004

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