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Difference between n!! and the first prime after n!! + 1.
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%I #19 May 20 2022 08:32:49

%S 2,3,2,3,2,5,2,5,2,7,4,11,16,11,8,17,4,19,64,17,2,17,2,13,8,71,2,61,4,

%T 19,118,59,32,23,82,19,178,41,4,101,8,41,4,59,16,47,16,131,298,29,64,

%U 31,16,83,194,31,2,41,298,53,316,193,8,67,334,53,32,43,226,149,386,37

%N Difference between n!! and the first prime after n!! + 1.

%C Analogous to the Fortunate numbers, but unlike them, not all terms here are prime. Many odd-indexed terms are powers of two and all even-indexed terms are prime.

%t NextPrime[ n_Integer ] := (k=n+1; While[ !PrimeQ[ k ], k++ ]; Return[ k ]); f[ n_Integer ] := (p = n!! + 1; q = NextPrime[ p ]; Return[ q - p + 1 ]); Table[ f[ n ], {n, 1, 75} ]

%t dfnp[n_]:=Module[{df=n!!},NextPrime[df+1]-df]; Array[dfnp,80] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Mar 25 2012 *)

%o (MuPAD) for n from 1 to 72 do f := n!!:a := nextprime(f+2)-f:print(a) end_for; // _Zerinvary Lajos_, Feb 22 2007

%Y Cf. A006882, A057034.

%K nonn

%O 1,1

%A _Robert G. Wilson v_, Sep 09 2000