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Smallest prime p such that 2n*p+1 is also prime.
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%I #15 Jul 27 2016 02:20:34

%S 2,3,2,2,3,3,2,7,2,2,3,3,2,7,2,3,3,2,5,7,3,2,3,2,2,3,2,2,19,3,5,3,3,2,

%T 3,13,2,3,2,3,19,5,2,7,2,3,3,2,2,7,3,3,7,5,3,3,2,2,7,2,3,3,3,2,7,3,2,

%U 3,2,2,13,3,2,37,5,3,3,2,2,13,3,5,3,2,11,13,2,2,31,3,3,7,2,5,3,3,2,7,2,2

%N Smallest prime p such that 2n*p+1 is also prime.

%C These are the primes arising in A051899.

%H Michael De Vlieger, <a href="/A051686/b051686.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000</a>

%e a(29)=19 because 19 is the smallest prime p such that 2*29*p+1 is prime.

%t Table[k = 1; While[! PrimeQ[2 n Prime@ k + 1], k++]; Prime@ k, {n, 120}] (* _Michael De Vlieger_, Jul 26 2016 *)

%o (PARI) a(n) = p=2; while(!isprime(2*n*p+1), p = nextprime(p+1)); p; \\ _Michel Marcus_, Dec 10 2013

%Y Cf. A005384, A051644-A051654, A051899.

%K nonn

%O 1,1

%A _Labos Elemer_