OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
It can be shown that this sequence is monotonic.
LINKS
Michael De Vlieger, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..65536 (first 1000 terms from T. D. Noe)
J. C. Lagarias, E. M. Rains and N. J. A. Sloane, The EKG sequence, arXiv:math/0204011 [math.NT], 2002.
J. C. Lagarias, E. M. Rains and N. J. A. Sloane, The EKG sequence, Exper. Math. 11 (2002), 437-446.
MATHEMATICA
terms = 100;
ekg[s_] := Block[{m = s[[-1]], k = 3}, While[MemberQ[s, k] || GCD[m, k] == 1, k++]; Append[s, k]];
EKG = Nest[ekg, {2, 4}, 12 terms];
a[n_] := FirstPosition[EKG, Prime[n]][[1]];
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,nice
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 30 2001
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Vladeta Jovovic, Oct 01 2001
STATUS
approved
