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A123386 Largest difference between successive semiprimes up to 10^n inclusive. 1
3, 7, 14, 24, 38, 47, 74, 74, 95, 112, 146 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

There are 4 semiprimes up to 10^1 {4, 6, 9, 10}. The differences between successive semiprimes are {2, 3, 1}. Thus a(1) = Max[ {2, 3, 1} ] = 3.

PROG

(PARI) A001358(prev)={ local(a=prev+1) ; while(bigomega(a)!=2, a++ ; ) ; return(a) ; } A123386(n)={ local(sp1=4, sp2=6, a=2) ; while(sp2<=10^n, a=max(a, sp2-sp1) ; sp1=sp2 ; sp2=A001358(sp1) ; ) ; return(a) ; } { for(n=1, 13, print(A123386(n)) ; ) ; } - 2 more term from R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Jan 17 2008

CROSSREFS

Cf. A001358, A065516, A036352, A038460, A053303.

Sequence in context: A140462 A093523 A173247 * A060999 A089187 A179178

Adjacent sequences:  A123383 A123384 A123385 * A123387 A123388 A123389

KEYWORD

hard,more,nonn

AUTHOR

Alexander Adamchuk (alex(AT)kolmogorov.com), Nov 09 2006

EXTENSIONS

2 more term from R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Jan 17 2008

a(8)-a(9) from Donovan Johnson (donovan.johnson(AT)yahoo.com), Sep 05 2008

a(10)-a(11) from Donovan Johnson (donovan.johnson(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 14 2010

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