OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
The n-th term creates a (2*n-1) X (2*n-1) square centered at a(n).
LINKS
Samuel Harkness, Illustration of terms 1 through 4
Rémy Sigrist, C++ program
EXAMPLE
For n=2, test squares with 1 layer of numbers around the center number until a square is enclosed with only nonprimes.
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65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57
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66 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 56
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67 38 17 16 15 14 13 30 55
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68 39 18 5 4 3 12 29 54
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69 40 19 6 1 2 11 28 53
. +--------------+
70 41 20 7 8 9 | 10 27 52 |
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71 42 21 22 23 24 | 25 26 51 |
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72 43 44 45 46 47 | 48 49 50 |
. +--------------+
73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81
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The first number tested, 1, does not work because 2, 3, 5 and 7 are in the 1-layered square and are prime. The first square that works is 26 because 10, 27, 52, 25, 26, 51, 48, 49, and 50 are all nonprime.
PROG
(C++) See Links section.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
Samuel Harkness, Sep 26 2022
EXTENSIONS
a(8)-a(11) from Rémy Sigrist, Sep 27 2022
STATUS
approved