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A140327 a(0)=1. For n >=1, a(n) is the smallest prime that is > a(n-1) and equals n*k -1, for some positive integer k. 1
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 19, 23, 41, 47, 53, 59, 109, 131, 181, 223, 239, 271, 373, 431, 569, 599, 797, 857, 919, 983, 1049, 1091, 1187, 1231, 1913, 1949, 2293, 2399, 2441, 2447, 2659, 2663, 3181, 3191, 3821, 3919, 4099, 4157, 4643, 4663, 4679, 4691, 4793, 4799, 4801 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

EXAMPLE

The numbers of the form 7*k - 1 that are greater than a(6) = 23 form the sequence that starts 27,34,41,48,... The first prime of this sequence is 41. So a(7) = 41.

MAPLE

A140327 := proc(n) option remember ; local a, k ; if n = 0 then 1; else for a from A140327(n-1)+1 do if isprime(a) then for k from 0 do if a = n*k-1 then RETURN(a) ; elif n*k-1 > a then break ; fi ; od: fi ; od: fi ; end: seq(A140327(n), n=0..80) ; - R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Jun 19 2008

CROSSREFS

Cf. A071899.

Sequence in context: A129693 A153590 A025019 * A163074 A068803 A184902

Adjacent sequences:  A140324 A140325 A140326 * A140328 A140329 A140330

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Leroy Quet May 26 2008

EXTENSIONS

More terms from R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Jun 19 2008

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