OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Prime triples (p, p+2, p+6) are one of the two types of densest permissible constellations of 3 primes. Maximal gaps between triples of this type are listed in A201598; see more comments there.
LINKS
Alexei Kourbatov, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..72
Tony Forbes, Prime k-tuplets
Alexei Kourbatov, Maximal gaps between prime triples
Alexei Kourbatov, Tables of record gaps between prime constellations, arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.4053 [math.NT], 2013.
Alexei Kourbatov and Marek Wolf, Predicting maximal gaps in sets of primes, arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.03785 [math.NT], 2019.
Eric W. Weisstein, k-Tuple Conjecture
EXAMPLE
The gap of 6 between triples starting at p=5 and p=11 is the very first gap, so a(1)=5. The gap of 6 between triples starting at p=11 and p=17 is not a record, so it does not contribute to the sequence. The gap of 24 between triples starting at p=17 and p=41 is a maximal gap - larger than any preceding gap; therefore a(2)=17.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Alexei Kourbatov, Dec 03 2011
STATUS
approved