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A144103 Let N(p,i) denote the result of applying "nextprime" i times to p; a(n) = smallest prime p such that N(p,2) - p = 2*n, or -1 if no such prime exists. 5

%I #62 Aug 08 2022 17:22:56

%S -1,3,5,23,19,47,83,211,109,317,619,199,1373,1123,1627,4751,2557,3413,

%T 4289,1321,2161,2477,7963,5591,9551,17239,15823,14087,19603,34963,

%U 36389,33223,24251,35603,43321,19609,134507,31393,136999,31397,38461,107357

%N Let N(p,i) denote the result of applying "nextprime" i times to p; a(n) = smallest prime p such that N(p,2) - p = 2*n, or -1 if no such prime exists.

%C p and p+2n are primes and there is one prime in the range p+1 to p+2n-1.

%C a(n) is the prime for which 2n+2 first occurs in A031131.

%H Martin Raab, <a href="/A144103/b144103.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..408</a> (Terms 1..342 from Robert G. Wilson)

%t nn=51; t=Table[0,{nn}]; t[[1]]=-1; cnt=1; n=1; While[cnt<nn, n++; d=(Prime[n+2]-Prime[n])/2; If[d<=nn && t[[d]]==0, cnt++; t[[d]]=Prime[n]]]; t=Rest[t]

%t Flatten[Table[Select[Partition[Prime[Range[20000]],3,1],#[[3]]-#[[1]] == 2n+2&,1],{n,41}],1][[All,1]] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Jun 26 2017 *)

%Y Cf. A031131.

%Y A000230 is an analogous sequence based on N(p,1). - _N. J. A. Sloane_, Nov 07 2020

%K sign

%O 1,2

%A _T. D. Noe_, Sep 11 2008

%E Definition edited by _N. J. A. Sloane_, Nov 07 2020

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