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A128245 Smallest of three consecutive composite numbers which sum up to prime. 0
6, 9, 12, 18, 21, 22, 35, 36, 42, 45, 51, 65, 69, 78, 82, 88, 96, 102, 111, 125, 126, 135, 138, 161, 162, 165, 166, 172, 189, 198, 209, 232, 249, 255, 256, 261, 275, 291, 292, 305, 312, 316, 329, 335, 336, 345, 348, 352, 366, 371, 382, 396, 399, 408, 429, 432 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

If n is a member of this sequence, either n+1 or n+2 is prime. This suggests that the density of the sequence is roughly kn/log^2 n for some k. Counts up to 10^9 suggest k is about 5.26. [From Charles R Greathouse IV (charles.greathouse(AT)case.edu), Sep 11 2009]

FORMULA

By Rosser's theorem, a(2n) > n log n. [From Charles R Greathouse IV (charles.greathouse(AT)case.edu), Sep 11 2009]

EXAMPLE

6+8+9=23=A060328(1), 9+10+12=31=A060328(2), 12+14+15=41=A060328(3), 18+20+21=59=A060328(4).

MATHEMATICA

CompositeNext[n_]:=Module[{k=n+1}, While[PrimeQ[k], k++ ]; k]; lst={}; Do[p=n+CompositeNext[n]+CompositeNext[CompositeNext[n]]; If[ !PrimeQ[n]&&PrimeQ[p], AppendTo[lst, n]], {n, 2, 5!}]; lst [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Jun 15 2009]

PROG

(PARI) test(n)={my(b=a+1, c); b+=isprime(b); c=b+1; c+=isprime(c); isprime(a+b+c)}; for(n=4, 1e3, if(!isprime(n)&&test(n), print1(n", "))) [From Charles R Greathouse IV (charles.greathouse(AT)case.edu), Sep 11 2009]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A060328.

Sequence in context: A136360 A023483 A023042 * A117714 A114554 A023386

Adjacent sequences:  A128242 A128243 A128244 * A128246 A128247 A128248

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Zak Seidov (zakseidov(AT)yahoo.com), May 03 2007

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