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Numbers k such that exactly one of k^2 + k - 1 and k^2 + k + 1 is prime.
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%I #14 Oct 22 2020 14:07:32

%S 1,4,9,10,11,12,13,14,16,17,19,26,27,28,30,31,33,35,39,44,45,46,48,53,

%T 55,56,57,60,62,64,65,68,69,70,71,75,76,77,78,80,83,85,86,90,93,94,96,

%U 99,100,103,105,110,111,114,115,117,119,120,125,126,130,134,140,143,144

%N Numbers k such that exactly one of k^2 + k - 1 and k^2 + k + 1 is prime.

%C Numbers k such that either k-th oblong number-+1 is prime.

%C Indices k such that A002378(k)+1 or A002378(k)-1 is prime, but not both. -_R. J. Mathar_, Feb 21 2010

%H Robert Israel, <a href="/A173297/b173297.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000</a>

%p isA173297 := proc(n) local p,pplus,pmin ; pmin := isprime(n*(1+n)-1) ; pplus := isprime(n*(1+n)+1) ; if pmin <> pplus then return true; else return false; end if; end proc: for n from 1 to 300 do if isA173297(n) then printf("%d,",n) ; end if; end do ; # _R. J. Mathar_, Feb 21 2010

%Y Cf. A002378, A088485.

%K nonn,easy

%O 1,2

%A _Juri-Stepan Gerasimov_, Feb 15 2010

%E 46 and 86 inserted by _R. J. Mathar_, Feb 21 2010

%E Edited by _Charles R Greathouse IV_, Mar 24 2010