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A139186 Smallest a(n) = k such that k!/n +- 1 is a twin prime pair. 2
3, 4, 6, 4, 11, 4, 10, 5, 6, 8, 21, 5, 7, 6, 22, 10, 7, 5, 8, 10, 16, 6, 13, 43, 9, 26, 17, 11, 6, 27, 20, 59, 7, 12, 24, 32, 91, 13, 67, 7, 48, 11, 15, 15, 32, 8, 45, 14, 9, 6, 10, 22, 9, 9, 37, 22, 14, 58, 9, 11, 7, 41, 6, 33, 98, 22, 47, 20, 8, 13, 8 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

Smallest factorial indices k such that ( k!/n-1, k!/n+1 ) = ( A001359(j), A006512(j) )

for some twin prime index j.

FORMULA

A000142(a(n))/n-1 = A139187(n). A000142(a(n))/n+1 = A139188(n).

EXAMPLE

For n=6, solutions to k!/n - 1 = A001359(j) are given by k = 4, 11, 13, 17,..

The smallest k out of these, k=4, is chosen as a(n=6).

MATHEMATICA

a = {}; Do[k = 1; While[ ! (PrimeQ[(k! - n)/n] && PrimeQ[(k! + n)/n]), k++ ]; AppendTo[a, k]; Print[a], {n, 1, 6}]; a (*Artur Jasinski*)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A139187, A139188.

Sequence in context: A175653 A101432 A023823 * A047840 A037189 A083342

Adjacent sequences:  A139183 A139184 A139185 * A139187 A139188 A139189

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Artur Jasinski (grafix(AT)csl.pl), Apr 11 2008

EXTENSIONS

Edited and extended by R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Sep 22 2009

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