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A108542
Greater prime factor of n-th golden semiprime.
11
3, 5, 11, 17, 31, 37, 47, 59, 67, 109, 127, 157, 163, 167, 173, 211, 241, 263, 271, 293, 313, 367, 389, 439, 449, 457, 503, 571, 593, 613, 619, 643, 661, 677, 701, 727, 739, 787, 823, 911, 983, 991, 1021, 1069, 1163, 1187, 1231, 1289, 1381, 1429, 1487, 1523
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
abs(phi*A108541(n) - a(n)) < 1, where phi = golden ratio = (1+sqrt(5))/2.
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = A108540(n)/A108541(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]; q = f[p]; If[q > 0, AppendTo[seq, q]], {200}]; seq (* Amiram Eldar, Nov 28 2019 *)
CROSSREFS
Subsequence of A108539.
Sequence in context: A309437 A309438 A309439 * A006450 A085918 A267094
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 09 2005
STATUS
approved