OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Inspired by A295973.
Except for the first three primes {2, 3, 5}, all sfds are even.
The only other sfd which is not covered by this sequence is when the primes are {2, 3, 5} which results in an sfd of 1.
Except for an sfd of 0 or 1, all values of sfd occur infinitely often.
As an example, sfd = -2 for p = 7, 13, 31, 37, 61, 67, 73, 97, 103, 157, 193, 223, 271, 277, 307, ..., .
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Forward Difference.
EXAMPLE
a(0) = 3 since the three consecutive primes {3, 5, 7} have an sfd of 0;
a(1) = 7 since the three consecutive primes {7, 11, 13} have a sfd of -2;
a(2) = 23 since the three consecutive primes {23, 29, 31} have a sfd of -4;
a(3) = 1531 since the three consecutive primes {1531, 1543, 1549} have an sfd of -6;
a(4) = since the three consecutive primes {} have an sfd of -8; etc.
MATHEMATICA
p = 2; q = 3; r = 5; t[_] := 0; While[p < 1000000, d = p - 2q + r; If[ t[d] == 0, t[d] = p]; p = q; q = r; r = NextPrime@ r]; Array[ t[-2#] &, 42, 0]
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = my(p=2, q=3); while ((p - 2*q + nextprime(q+1))/2 != -n, p=q; q=nextprime(q+1)); p; \\ Michel Marcus, Mar 08 2023
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Edward Bernstein and Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 14 2018
STATUS
approved