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a(n+1)-+a(n) = prime, a(1)=0, a(2)=2.
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%I #6 Apr 20 2022 14:12:57

%S 0,2,5,8,11,18,23,30,37,42,47,50,53,56,75,82,85,88,91,102,109,114,119,

%T 122,129,134,137,140,143,150,157,160,171,176,183,190,193,196,201,208,

%U 211,222,227,230,233,246,253,256,267,274,297,302,305,308,311,330,343

%N a(n+1)-+a(n) = prime, a(1)=0, a(2)=2.

%C Sum and difference of any of two consecutive numbers are prime numbers: 5-2=3; 5+2=7, 230-227=3; 230+227=457, 233-230=3; 233+230=463,...

%C I assume that here and in most of the similar sequences from the same author there is an implicit assumption that we want the "Lexicographically earliest infinite sequence of distinct positive numbers" that satisfies the stated condition. - _N. J. A. Sloane_, Apr 20 2022

%t a=0;b=2;lst={a,b};Do[If[PrimeQ[n-b]&&PrimeQ[n+b],AppendTo[lst,n];a=b;b=n],{n,3,7!}];lst

%K nonn

%O 1,2

%A _Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky_, Jan 10 2009

%E NAME adapted to offset. - _R. J. Mathar_, Jun 19 2021