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A026461
a(n) = least positive integer > a(n-1) and not a(i)*a(j)-2 for 1<=i<=j<=n.
3
2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 24, 27, 29, 30, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 54, 57, 59, 60, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 69, 71, 75, 77, 78, 81, 84, 87, 89, 90, 91, 95, 96, 99, 101, 102, 104, 105, 107, 108, 110
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
MATHEMATICA
a = {2, 3}; used = {a[[1]]^2 - 2, a[[1]]*a[[2]] - 2, a[[2]]^2 - 2}; Do[k = a[[-1]] + 1; While[MemberQ[used, k], k++]; AppendTo[a, k]; used = Union[used, k*a - 2], {n, 3, 60}]; a (* Ivan Neretin, Mar 06 2016 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A026453 and references therein.
Sequence in context: A273042 A014838 A026459 * A026168 A286402 A175007
KEYWORD
nonn
STATUS
approved