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A219953 a(1) = 1; for n > 1, a(n) = smallest integer > a(n-1) such that a(n)*a(i)+1 is semiprime for all 1 <= i <= n-1. 1

%I #40 Feb 01 2023 01:22:04

%S 1,3,8,38,86,318,504,3600,8132,83160,116850,202272,399126,6190086,

%T 8756916,25253676,309709400,1112878446,1478724036,11062089360,

%U 97331025386

%N a(1) = 1; for n > 1, a(n) = smallest integer > a(n-1) such that a(n)*a(i)+1 is semiprime for all 1 <= i <= n-1.

%C This is to A034881 as semiprimes A001358 are to primes A000040.

%C a(20) > 6*10^9. - _Giovanni Resta_, Jul 26 2015

%e a(1) = 1 by definition.

%e a(2) = 3: 3 > 1, and 1*3 + 1 = 4 = 2^2 is semiprime.

%e a(3) = 8: 8 > 3, and 1*8 + 1 = 9 = 3^2 is semiprime, and 3*8 + 1 = 25 = 5^2 is semiprime.

%e a(4) = 38: 38 > 8, and 1*38 + 1 = 39 = 3*13 is semiprime, and 3*38 + 1 = 115 = 5*23 is semiprime, and 8*38 + 1 = 305 = 5*61 is semiprime.

%e From _Michel Marcus_, Jul 26 2015: (Start)

%e The resulting semiprimes are:

%e 4;

%e 9, 25;

%e 39, 115, 305;

%e 87, 259, 689, 3269;

%e 319, 955, 2545, 12085, 27349;

%e ...

%e (End)

%p A219953 := proc(n)

%p option remember;

%p if n= 1 then

%p 1;

%p else

%p for a from procname(n-1)+1 do

%p issp := true ;

%p for i from 1 to n-1 do

%p if numtheory[bigomega]( a*procname(n-i)+1) = 2 then

%p ;

%p else

%p issp := false;

%p break ;

%p end if;

%p end do:

%p if issp then

%p return a;

%p end if;

%p end do:

%p end if;

%p end proc: # _R. J. Mathar_, Dec 15 2012

%t a = {1}; Do[k = a[[n - 1]] + 1; While[! AllTrue[(k a[[n - #]] + 1) & /@ Range@ (n - 1), Total[Last /@ FactorInteger@ #] == 2 &], k++]; AppendTo[a, k], {n, 2, 13}]; a (* _Michael De Vlieger_, Jul 26 2015, Version 10 *)

%o (PARI) ok(v, n, k) = {v[n] = k; for (j=1, n-1, if (bigomega(1+v[n]*v[j]) != 2, return (0));); return (1);}

%o lista(nn) = {print1(k=1, ", "); v = [k]; for (n=2, nn, k = v[n-1]+1; v = concat(v, k); while (! ok(v, n, k), k++); v[n] = k; print1(k, ", "););} \\ _Michel Marcus_, Jul 26 2015

%Y Cf. A030063, A001358, A034881, A219761.

%K nonn,more

%O 1,2

%A _Jonathan Vos Post_, Dec 01 2012

%E a(14)-a(17) from _Luke March_, Jul 26 2015

%E a(18)-a(19) from _Giovanni Resta_, Jul 26 2015

%E a(20)-a(21) from _Tyler Busby_, Jan 31 2023

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