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A108541
Lesser prime factor of n-th golden semiprime.
10
2, 3, 7, 11, 19, 23, 29, 37, 41, 67, 79, 97, 101, 103, 107, 131, 149, 163, 167, 181, 193, 227, 241, 271, 277, 283, 311, 353, 367, 379, 383, 397, 409, 419, 433, 449, 457, 487, 509, 563, 607, 613, 631, 661, 719, 733, 761, 797, 853, 883, 919, 941, 971, 997, 1031
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
abs(phi*a(n) - A108542(n)) < 1, where phi = golden ratio = (1+sqrt(5))/2.
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = A108540(n)/A108542(n).
MATHEMATICA
f[p_] := Module[{x = GoldenRatio * p}, p1 = NextPrime[x, -1]; p2 = NextPrime[p1]; q = If[x - p1 < p2 - x, p1, p2]; If[Abs[q - x] < 1, q, 0]]; seq = {}; p=1; Do[p = NextPrime[p]; If[f[p] > 0, AppendTo[seq, p]], {200}]; seq (* Amiram Eldar, Nov 28 2019 *)
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 09 2005
STATUS
approved