A143830 Primes of the form 12*n^2-1.

11, 47, 107, 191, 431, 587, 971, 1451, 2027, 2351, 2699, 3467, 4799, 5807, 6911, 7499, 8111, 8747, 10091, 10799, 14699, 15551, 16427, 17327, 18251, 25391, 27647, 36299, 41771, 44651, 55487, 57131, 62207, 67499, 71147, 74891, 80687, 92927, 99371

Offset

1,1

Comments

Equals A089682 without the 2. [Sketch of proof: the primes 3*n^2-1 are odd if 2 is left out, so 3*n^2 is even, so n^2 is even, so n is even = 2*k. 3*(2*k)^2-1 = 12*k^2-1.] [From R. J. Mathar, Sep 04 2008]

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..39.

Mathematica

p = 12; a = {}; Do[k = p x^2 - 1; If[PrimeQ[k], AppendTo[a, k]], {x, 1, 1000}]; a

Crossrefs

A066436, A066049, A090686, A090684, A143826, A143827, A143828, A143829

Sequence in context: A226155 A107149 A158463 * A339504 A178572 A036489

Adjacent sequences: A143827 A143828 A143829 * A143831 A143832 A143833

Keyword

nonn

Author

Artur Jasinski, Sep 02 2008

Status

approved