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For n >= 7, max(A151799(n), 2*A151799(floor((n-1)/2))).
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%I #17 Dec 15 2023 11:39:08

%S 1,2,2,3,3,5,5,7,7,7,7,11,11,13,13,13,14,17,17,19,19,19,19,23,23,23,

%T 23,23,26,29,29,31,31,31,31,31,34,37,37,37,38,41,41,43,43,43,43,47,47,

%U 47,47,47,47,53,53,53,53,53

%N For n >= 7, max(A151799(n), 2*A151799(floor((n-1)/2))).

%D S. K. Stein and S. Szabo, Algebra and Tiling, MAA Carus Monograph 25, 1994, page 104.

%H Robert Israel, <a href="/A035031/b035031.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000</a>

%p f:= proc(n) max(prevprime(n), 2*prevprime(floor((n-1)/2))) end proc:

%p for i from 1 to 6 do f(i):= [1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 5][i] od:

%p map(f, [$1..100]); # _Robert Israel_, Dec 15 2023

%t Join[{1,2},Table[Max[NextPrime[n,-1],2NextPrime[Floor[(n-1)/2],-1]],{n,3,70}]] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Mar 12 2022 *)

%Y Cf. A035032, A151799.

%K nonn

%O 1,2

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_