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A057218
a(n) = least prime of the form n*k! + 1.
1
2, 3, 7, 5, 11, 7, 43, 17, 19, 11, 23, 13, 79, 29, 31, 17, 103, 19, 457, 41, 43, 23, 47, 577, 151, 53, 163, 29, 59, 31, 156241, 193, 67, 24481, 71, 37, 223, 229, 79, 41, 83, 43, 1033, 89, 271, 47, 283, 97, 5881, 101, 103, 53, 107, 109, 331, 113, 6841, 59, 2355091201, 61
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
First prime in the sequence n + 1, 2n + 1, 6n + 1, 24n + 1, 120n + 1, ...
If p is a prime then a(p-1) = p.
EXAMPLE
n=275, for k=1,..,24 {1+275*k!}={276,551,.......,170623310476640845824000001} and a(275)=170623310476640845824000001, the prime generated by A057217(275)=24 as 1+275*24!
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = k = 1; while (!isprime(p=1+n*k!), k++); p; \\ Michel Marcus, Feb 20 2016
CROSSREFS
Primes arising in A057217.
Sequence in context: A087386 A110359 A092977 * A087387 A275205 A327093
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Labos Elemer, Sep 27 2000
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Mark Hudson (mrmarkhudson(AT)hotmail.com), Aug 12 2004
STATUS
approved