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A071558 Smallest k such that n*k + 1 and n*k - 1 are twin primes. 16

%I #43 Oct 30 2023 07:56:56

%S 4,2,2,1,6,1,6,9,2,3,18,1,24,3,2,12,6,1,12,3,2,9,6,3,6,12,4,15,12,1,

%T 42,6,6,3,12,2,54,6,8,6,30,1,24,15,4,3,6,4,18,3,2,6,120,2,12,48,4,6,

%U 18,1,258,21,14,3,30,3,24,15,2,6,18,1,84,27,2,3,6,4,132,3,10,15,54,5,12,12

%N Smallest k such that n*k + 1 and n*k - 1 are twin primes.

%C Conjecture: a(n) < sqrt(n)*log(n) for all n > 17261. This has been verified for n up to 3*10^7. It implies the inequality a(n) < n for each n > 127. - _Zhi-Wei Sun_, Jan 07 2013

%C A200996(n) <= a(n). - _Reinhard Zumkeller_, Feb 14 2013

%H Zhi-Wei Sun, <a href="/A071558/b071558.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000</a> (first 1000 terms from T. D. Noe)

%t Table[k=1; While[!And@@PrimeQ[n*k+{1,-1}],k++]; k,{n,86}] (* _Jayanta Basu_, May 26 2013 *)

%o (PARI) for(n=1,100,s=1; while(isprime(s*n+1)*isprime(n*s-1)==0,s++); print1(s,","))

%o (Haskell)

%o a071558 n = head [k | k <- [1..], let x = k * n,

%o a010051' (x - 1) == 1, a010051' (x + 1) == 1]

%o -- _Reinhard Zumkeller_, Feb 14 2013

%Y Cf. A071256, A001097, A086686, A034693.

%Y Cf. A071407 (k at prime n).

%Y Cf. A220143, A220144 (record values).

%K easy,nonn

%O 1,1

%A _Benoit Cloitre_, May 30 2002

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