OFFSET
4,2
COMMENTS
For n >= 3, all prime of the form n^2 + 2 (A056899) are equal to 11 modulo 72.
Observation: this sequence contains couples of consecutive numbers: (2,3), (6,7), (17, 18), (18, 19), (19, 20), (40, 41), (41, 42), ..., (1238, 1239), (1272, 1273), ...
Conjecture: the number of couples such that a(n+1) = a(n) + 1 is infinite.
Consequence: there exists an infinity of triples with 3 successive primes p1 < p2 < p3 of the form n^2 + 2 such that p2 = (p1 + p3)/2 - 36.
Proof: if the conjecture is true, a(n+1) - a(n) = 1 =>
(1) p2 - p1 = 72a
(2) p3 - p2 = 72(a+1)
and (2) - (1) => p2 = (p1 + p3)/2 - 36.
The triples of primes are (11, 83, 227), (83, 227, 443), (1091, 1523, 2027), (11027, 12323, 13691), ...
MAPLE
with(numtheory): T:=array(1..100):k:=0:for n from 3 to 2000 do: if type(n^2+2, prime)=true then k:=k+1:T[k]:=n^2+1:else fi:od:for i from 1 to k do: printf(`%d, `, (T[i+1]-T[i])/72):od:
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Michel Lagneau, Apr 09 2013
STATUS
approved