OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
a(n) always exists, e.g. by Dirchlet's theorem on primes in arithmetic progressions there are infinitely many primes == 1 (mod n * prime(n)). - Robert Israel, Jun 05 2025
LINKS
Robert Israel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
EXAMPLE
a(2) = 7 because prime(2) = 3 and x = 7 is smallest prime > 2 such that x (mod 2) = x (mod 3).
MAPLE
f:= proc(n) local b, u, k, x;
b:= ithprime(n);
for u from 1 do
for k from 1 to n-1 do
x:= k + u*n*b;
if isprime(x) then return x fi
od od
end proc:
f(1):= 2:
map(f, [$1..100]); # Robert Israel, Jun 05 2025
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = {p = nextprime(n+1); while ( (p % n) != (p % prime(n)), p = nextprime(p+1)); p; } \\ Michel Marcus, Oct 05 2013
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Zak Seidov, Feb 21 2004
STATUS
approved
