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A064425
Gaps between where primes occur in A064413.
4
3, 5, 4, 6, 8, 5, 4, 6, 14, 4, 6, 7, 7, 8, 11, 7, 8, 13, 6, 4, 13, 9, 7, 15, 7, 8, 6, 4, 9, 20, 17, 6, 5, 15, 8, 10, 8, 9, 14, 8, 8, 19, 8, 6, 4, 20, 19, 10, 8, 6, 14, 4, 12, 13, 14, 9, 7, 13, 10, 9, 8, 24, 6, 12, 7, 23, 10, 16, 9, 6, 11, 18, 8, 17, 6, 6, 20, 10, 15
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
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 = 80;
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];
fp[n_] := FirstPosition[EKG, Prime[n]][[1]];
Array[fp, terms] // Differences (* Jean-François Alcover, Sep 02 2018, after Robert G. Wilson v in A064413 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A064413. First differences of A064955 and also of A064423.
Cf. A137847.
Sequence in context: A200324 A063259 A333717 * A094761 A114748 A182733
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 01 2001
STATUS
approved