OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
A sequence of consecutive primes prime(k), ..., prime(k+r), r >= 1, is called a chain of primes if i*prime(i) + (i+1)*prime(i+1)* is prime (the linking prime for prime(i) and prime(i+1), cf. A119487) for i from k to k+r-1. A chain of primes prime(k), ..., prime(k+r) is maximal if it is not part of a longer chain, i.e., if neither (k-1)*prime(k-1) + k*prime(k) nor (k+r)*prime(k+r) + (k+r+1)*prime(k+r+1) is prime.
A145651 gives the linking prime for the second and third member of maximal chains of primes that have at least three members.
Suggested by J. M. Bergot in Puzzle 463 of Carlos Rivera's Prime Puzzles & Problems Connection
LINKS
Carlos Rivera, Puzzle 463
EXAMPLE
Primes 13, 17, 19, 23 have prime indices 6, 7, 8, 9. 6*13 + 7*17 = 197 is prime; 7*17 + 8*19 = 271 is prime; 8*19 + 9*23 = 359 is prime. Neither 5*11 + 6*13 = 133 nor 9*23 + 10*29 = 497 is prime, so 13, 17, 19, 23 is maximal. Hence 6*13 + 7*17 = 197, the linking prime for 13 and 17, is in the sequence.
PROG
(PARI) {n=1; while(n<520, c=0; while(isprime(b=n*prime(n)+(n+1)*prime(n+1)), c++; n++; if(c==1, a=b)); if(c>1, print1(a, ", ")); n++)}
(Magma) [ n*p+(n+1)*q: n in [1..520] | (n eq 1 or not IsPrime((n-1)*PreviousPrime(p)+n*p) ) and IsPrime(n*p+(n+1)*q) and IsPrime((n+1)*q+(n+2)*r) where r is NextPrime(q) where q is NextPrime(p) where p is NthPrime(n) ]; // Klaus Brockhaus, Dec 11 2008
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Enoch Haga, Oct 15 2008
EXTENSIONS
Edited by Klaus Brockhaus, Dec 10 2008
STATUS
approved