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A130177 For p = the n-th prime, a(n) = the least prime q greater than p+2 such that (p^2+q^2)/2 - 1 is a square, or a(n) = 0 if there is no such prime. 1

%I #13 Feb 11 2024 09:16:44

%S 0,11,263,59,23,101,109,1278886952463697,151,193,79,269,277,311,0,179,

%T 83,83003,479,487,181,563,571,613,1201,157,141509,739,773,479,

%U 6858037981,907,1291,983,227,6133,1109,1151,54331,1201,431,307,1327

%N For p = the n-th prime, a(n) = the least prime q greater than p+2 such that (p^2+q^2)/2 - 1 is a square, or a(n) = 0 if there is no such prime.

%H Don Reble, <a href="/A130177/b130177.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n=1..787</a>

%H Dean Hickerson, <a href="/A130177/a130177.txt">Proof that a(15) = 0</a>

%H Number Theory Web, <a href="http://www.numbertheory.org/php/patz.html">Solving x^2-Dy^2=N</a>

%H J. P. Robertson, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180831180333/http://www.jpr2718.org/pell.pdf">Solving the Generalized Pell Equation</a>

%e a(3) = 263 because (5^2+263^2)/2-1 = 186^2.

%e a(4) = 59 because (7^2+59^2)/2-1 = 42^2.

%e a(5) = 23 because (11^2+23^2)/2-1 = 18^2.

%K nonn

%O 1,2

%A _Nick Hobson_, May 14 2007

%E Edited by _T. D. Noe_ and _Don Reble_, May 14 2007

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