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A058263
a(n) = gcd(prime(n) - 1, prime(n+1) - 1).
8
1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 6, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 6, 2, 2, 6, 2, 2, 8, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 14, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 6, 6, 2, 2, 2, 2, 10, 2, 4, 2, 6, 6, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 10, 2, 2, 2, 2, 6, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 6, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 6, 6, 2, 2, 4, 4, 8, 2, 2, 10, 2, 6, 2, 2, 8, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 18, 6, 2, 2
OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = gcd(A006093(n), A006093(n+1)).
EXAMPLE
a(24) = gcd(89-1, 97-1) = gcd(88, 96) = 8.
MATHEMATICA
Table[GCD[# - 1, NextPrime@ # - 1] &@ Prime@ n, {n, 102}] (* Michael De Vlieger, Dec 31 2016 *)
GCD[#[[1]], #[[2]]]&/@Partition[Prime[Range[110]]-1, 2, 1] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 26 2020 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = gcd(prime(n)-1, prime(n+1)-1); \\ Michel Marcus, Dec 11 2013
CROSSREFS
Cf. A006093.
Sequence in context: A053238 A227783 A216321 * A232398 A048669 A365499
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Labos Elemer, Dec 06 2000
EXTENSIONS
Offset corrected to 1 by Michel Marcus, Dec 11 2013
STATUS
approved