OFFSET
2,2
COMMENTS
The product of (n-1), n, and (n+1) = n^3 - n. - Harvey P. Dale, Jan 17 2011
For n > 2, a(n) = A001318(n-2) * A007310(n-1), if A007310(n-1) is prime. Also a(n) is a subsequence of A000330. - Richard R. Forberg, Dec 25 2013
If p is an odd prime it can always be the side length of a leg of a primitive Pythagorean triangle. However it constrains the other leg to have a side length of (p^2-1)/2 and the hypotenuse to have a side length of (p^2+1)/2. The resulting triangle has an area equal to (p-1)*p*(p+1)/4. a(n) is 1/6 the area of such triangles. - Frank M Jackson, Dec 06 2017
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 2..1000
César Aguilera, Two Prime Number Objects and The Velucchi Numbers, hal-02909691 [math.NT], 2020.
MATHEMATICA
Table[(Prime[n] + 1) Prime[n](Prime[n] - 1)/24, {n, 1, 100}] (#^3-#)/ 24&/@ Prime[Range[2, 40]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 17 2011 *)
((#-1)#(#+1))/24&/@Prime[Range[2, 40]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 20 2023 *)
PROG
(PARI) for(n=2, 25, print1((prime(n)+1)*prime(n)*(prime(n)-1)/24, ", ")) \\ G. C. Greubel, Jun 19 2017
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Artur Jasinski, Feb 06 2007
STATUS
approved