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A142712
Primes of the form (p(n)-2*n)/3, where p(n)=n-th prime.
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3, 3, 5, 5, 7, 17, 17, 29, 31, 43, 43, 53, 61, 61, 67, 83, 101, 103, 127, 127, 137, 163, 173, 179, 179, 193, 199, 257, 257, 269, 277, 283, 293, 311, 313, 347, 349, 367, 367, 373, 379, 389, 389, 401, 409, 431, 433, 433, 467, 503, 541, 541, 577, 599, 601, 601, 617
OFFSET
1,1
EXAMPLE
If n=10, then (p(10)-2*10)/3=(29-20)/3=3=a(1).
If n=11, then (p(11)-2*11)/3=(31-22)/3=3=a(2).
If n=13, then (p(13)-2*13)/3=(41-26)/3=5=a(3).
If n=14, then (p(14)-2*14)/3=(43-28)/3=5=a(4).
If n=16, then (p(16)-2*16)/3=(53-32)/3=7=a(5).
If n=28, then (p(28)-2*28)/3=(107-56)/3=17=a(6), etc.
MATHEMATICA
Select[Table[(Prime[n]-2n)/3, {n, 400}], PrimeQ] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 05 2012 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A000040.
Sequence in context: A098508 A355572 A051593 * A247577 A282207 A376940
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Corrected (5 duplicated, 29 inserted, double-43 inserted etc.) by R. J. Mathar, Apr 18 2010
STATUS
approved