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A073273
a(n) = floor(sqrt(prime(n)*prime(n+2))).
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3, 4, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 23, 26, 32, 35, 39, 43, 47, 52, 56, 62, 65, 69, 74, 77, 83, 89, 94, 99, 103, 105, 109, 117, 121, 131, 134, 142, 144, 152, 156, 161, 167, 172, 176, 184, 186, 193, 195, 203, 210, 218, 225, 229, 233, 236, 244, 248, 256, 262, 266, 272, 275
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
A000040(n) < a(n) < A000040(n+2).
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = A098090(A028310(n - 1)) + A089038(n). - Miko Labalan, Dec 12 2015
EXAMPLE
prime(10)*prime(12) = 29*37 = 1073 = 32*32+49, therefore a(10)=32; A073274(10) = prime(11)-a(10) = 31-32 = -1.
MATHEMATICA
Table[Floor[Sqrt[Prime[n] Prime[n + 2]]], {n, 60}] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Dec 12 2015 *)
PROG
(Magma) [Floor(Sqrt(NthPrime(n)*NthPrime(n+2))): n in [1..60]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Dec 12 2015
(PARI) a(n) = sqrtint(prime(n)*prime(n+2)); \\ Michel Marcus, Dec 12 2015
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 22 2002
STATUS
approved