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A174370
Lesser member p of a twin prime pair (p, p + 2) such that 2p + 3(p + 2) is a perfect square.
5
71, 191, 6551, 9767, 18119, 21647, 27527, 35447, 46271, 79631, 103391, 103967, 121367, 127679, 161639, 207671, 241559, 254927, 264959, 273311, 380327, 421079, 450599, 479879, 592367, 700127, 745751, 949607, 986567, 1011599, 1013399
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
2p + 3(p + 2) = 5p + 6.
There are two parametric solutions for natural numbers:
(a) p = 5t^2 + 2t - 1, k = 5t + 1, necessarily for a prime p: t = 2s => p = 20s^2 + 4s - 1, k = 10s + 1.
If s = 3k + 2 => p of (a) is not prime but a multiple of 3.
If the least significant digit of k is 1, solution of (a) for s = (k - 1)/10).
(b) p = 5t^2 + 8t + 2, k = 5t + 4, necessarily for a prime p: t = 2s - 1 => p = 20s^2 - 4s - 1, N = 10s-1.
If s = 3k + 1 => p of (b) is not prime but a multiple of 3.
If the least significant digit of k is 9, solution of (b) for s = (k + 1)/10).
REFERENCES
Leonard E. Dickson, History of the Theory of numbers, vol. 2: Diophantine Analysis, Dover Publications 2005.
Richard K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1994.
Edmund Landau, Handbuch der Lehre von der Verteilung der Primzahlen, Band I, B. G. Teubner, Leipzig u. Berlin, 1909.
LINKS
E. Landau, Handbuch der Lehre von der Verteilung der Primzahlen, vol. 1 and vol. 2, Leipzig, Berlin, B. G. Teubner, 1909.
EXAMPLE
71 and 73 are twin primes, 2 * 71 + 3 * 73 = 19^2.
191 and 193 are twin primes, 2 * 191 + 3 * 193 = 31^2.
MATHEMATICA
Select[Prime[Range[10^5]], PrimeQ[# + 2] && IntegerQ[Sqrt[2# + 3(# + 2)]] &] (* Alonso del Arte, Dec 05 2011 *)
Select[(Range[2251]^2 - 6)/5, And @@ PrimeQ[# + {0, 2}] &] (* Amiram Eldar, Dec 24 2019 *)
Select[Partition[Prime[Range[80000]], 2, 1], #[[2]]-#[[1]]==2&&IntegerQ[Sqrt[ 2#[[1]]+ 3#[[2]]]]&][[All, 1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 12 2022 *)
PROG
(PARI) forstep(n=1, 1e4, [10, 8, 10, 2], if(isprime(p=n^2\5-1)&&isprime(p+2), print1(p", "))) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Dec 05 2011
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Ulrich Krug (leuchtfeuer37(AT)gmx.de), Mar 17 2010
STATUS
approved