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A072545
a(0) = 1, a(n) for n > 0 is the smallest number > a(n-1) such that a(n)-a(k) is nonprime for 0 <= k < n.
3
1, 2, 10, 11, 26, 35, 36, 50, 56, 86, 92, 101, 116, 122, 126, 134, 146, 156, 170, 176, 188, 196, 206, 218, 236, 248, 254, 260, 266, 290, 296, 302, 310, 311, 320, 326, 336, 344, 356, 362, 376, 386, 392, 396, 404, 416, 426, 446, 452, 470, 476, 482, 486, 494
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
a(0) = 1, a(3) = 11, a(5) = 35, a(11) = 101 and a(33) = 311 are the only odd elements <= 10^6 and probably the only ones. If so, then for n >= 34, a(n) is the smallest even k >= a(n-1)+4 for which none of k-1, k-11, k-35, k-101 or k-311 is prime. - David W. Wilson, Dec 14 2006
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EXAMPLE
26 is the smallest number > 11 which differs from 1, 2, 10, 11 by a nonprime (25, 24, 16, 15), so 26 is the next term after 11.
PROG
(PARI) print1(a=1, ", "); v=[1]; n=1; while(n<55, a++; k=1; while(k<=n&&!isprime(a-v[k]), k++); if(k>n, n++; v=concat(v, a); print1(a, ", ")))
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Amarnath Murthy, Aug 04 2002
EXTENSIONS
Edited and extended by Klaus Brockhaus, Aug 09 2002
STATUS
approved