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A164368
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Primes p with the property: if q is the smallest prime > p/2, then a prime exists between p and 2q.
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35
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2, 11, 17, 29, 41, 47, 59, 67, 71, 97, 101, 107, 109, 127, 137, 149, 151, 167, 179, 181, 191, 197, 227, 229, 233, 239, 241, 263, 269, 281, 283, 307, 311, 347, 349, 367, 373, 401, 409, 419, 431, 433, 439, 461, 487, 491, 503, 521, 569, 571, 587, 593, 599, 601, 607
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OFFSET
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1,1
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COMMENTS
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The Ramanujan primes possess the following property:
If p = prime(n) > 2, then all numbers (p+1)/2, (p+3)/2, ..., (prime(n+1)-1)/2 are composite.
The sequence equals all primes with this property, whether Ramanujan or not.
All Ramanujan primes A104272 are in the sequence.
109 is the first non-Ramanujan prime in this sequence.
A very simple sieve for the generation of the terms is the following: let p_0=1 and, for n>=1, p_n be the n-th prime. Consider consecutive intervals of the form (2p_n, 2p_{n+1}), n=0,1,2,... From every interval containing at least one prime we remove the last one. Then all remaining primes form the sequence. Let us demonstrate this sieve: For p_n=1,2,3,5,7,11,... consider intervals (2,4), (4,6), (6,10), (10,14), (14,22), (22,26), (26,34), ... . Removing from the set of all primes the last prime of each interval, i.e., 3,5,7,13,19,23,31,... we obtain 2,11,17,29, etc. - Vladimir Shevelev, Aug 30 2011
This sequence and A194598 are the mutually wrapping up sequences:
The sequence is the list of primes p = prime(k) such that there are no primes between prime(k)/2 and prime(k+1)/2. Changing "k" to "k-1" and therefore "k+1" to "k" produces a definition very similar to A164333's: it differs by prefixing an initial term 3. From this we get a(n+1) = prevprime(A164333(n)) = A151799(A164333(n)) for n >= 1.
The sequence is the list of primes that are not the largest prime less than 2*prime(k) for any k, so that - as a set - it is the complement relative to A000040 of the set of numbers in A059788.
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FORMULA
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EXAMPLE
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2 is in the sequence, since then q=2, and there is a prime 3 between 2 and 4. - N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 15 2009
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MAPLE
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a:= proc(n) option remember; local q, k, p;
k:= nextprime(`if`(n=1, 1, a(n-1)));
do q:= nextprime(floor(k/2));
p:= nextprime(k);
if p<2*q then break fi;
k:= p
od; k
end:
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MATHEMATICA
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Reap[Do[q=NextPrime[p/2]; If[PrimePi[2*q] != PrimePi[p], Sow[p]], {p, Prime[Range[100]]}]][[2, 1]]
(* Second program: *)
fQ[n_] := PrimePi[ 2NextPrime[n/2]] != PrimePi[n];
Select[ Prime@ Range@ 105, fQ]
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PROG
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn
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STATUS
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approved
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