A078746 a(n) = prime(2*n*(n+1)+1).

2, 11, 41, 97, 179, 283, 439, 617, 829, 1087, 1381, 1697, 2081, 2467, 2909, 3433, 3929, 4517, 5119, 5801, 6481, 7237, 8059, 8863, 9739, 10663, 11701, 12659, 13729, 14867, 15973, 17239, 18443, 19843, 21179, 22549, 23971, 25541, 27043, 28657

Offset

0,1

Comments

Central elements of odd-length rows of the triangle of primes:

. 2,

. 3, 5,

. 7, 11, 13,

. 17, 19, 23, 29,

. 31, 37, 41, 43, 47,

. 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, etc.

The sum of the reciprocals of the terms converges by comparison with sum_{n>=1} 1/n^2, since 1/a(n) < 1/(2n(n+1)+1) < 1/n^2. The limit is about 0.6471.

Links

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000

Formula

a(n) = A000040(A001844(n)). - David James Sycamore, Aug 01 2018

Mathematica

Table[Prime[2n(n+1)+1], {n, 0, 40}] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 02 2012 *)

Prog

(PARI) triprimes(n) = { sr = 0; for(j= 1, n, x = 2*j*(j-1) + 1; z = prime(x); sr+=1.0/z; print1(z" "); ); print(); print(sr); }
(Magma) [NthPrime(2*n*(n + 1)+1): n in [0..50]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jun 08 2016

Crossrefs

Cf. A000040, A078721, A001844.

Sequence in context: A247101 A080093 A175447 * A066593 A173580 A062256

Adjacent sequences: A078743 A078744 A078745 * A078747 A078748 A078749

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

Cino Hilliard, Dec 21 2002

Extensions

Edited by Dean Hickerson, Dec 23 2002

Status

approved