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A131057
Least nonnegative k such that n!-k is semiprime.
1
0, 2, 1, 2, 7, 1, 2, 1, 5, 3, 1, 19, 11, 1, 19, 19, 11, 1, 19, 23, 1, 1, 47, 1, 1, 29, 3, 29, 2, 59, 73, 1, 43, 1, 13, 17, 41, 1, 2, 5, 3, 53, 79, 7, 1, 53, 23, 1, 13, 13, 61, 7, 59, 61, 7, 31, 1, 89, 107, 103, 67, 47, 103, 19, 43, 1, 71, 11, 7, 83, 79, 67, 71
OFFSET
3,2
COMMENTS
Semiprime analog of A033933. After n = 3, a(n) is never again 0.
FORMULA
a(n) = Min_{k such that n!-k is in A001358 and k>=0}.
EXAMPLE
a(3) = 0 because 3! - 0 = 6 - 0 = 6 = 2 * 3.
a(4) = 2 because 4! - 2 = 24 - 2 = 22 = 2 * 11.
a(5) = 1 because 5! - 1 = 119 = 7 * 17.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Jonathan Vos Post, Sep 24 2007
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Jinyuan Wang, Aug 28 2022
STATUS
approved