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Largest prime < n!! (double factorial of n).
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%I #13 Feb 01 2018 03:31:06

%S 2,7,13,47,103,383,941,3833,10391,46073,135131,645097,2027023,

%T 10321919,34459423,185794463,654729073,3715891181,13749310511,

%U 81749606383,316234143163,1961990553581,7905853580621,51011754393599

%N Largest prime < n!! (double factorial of n).

%H Vincenzo Librandi, <a href="/A178607/b178607.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 3..200</a>

%F a(n) = A151799(A006882(n)). - _R. J. Mathar_, Jun 23 2010

%t PrimePrev[n_]:=Module[{k},k=n-1;While[ !PrimeQ[k],k-- ];k]; Table[PrimePrev[n!! ],{n,3,40}]

%t NextPrime[#,-1]&/@(Range[3,30]!!) (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Jul 13 2015 *)

%o (PARI) a(n)=if(n<2, 1, n*a(n-2)); for(n=3,26,print1(precprime(a(n)-1)", ")); \\ Graziano Aglietti (mg5055(AT)mclink.it), Aug 23 2010

%Y Cf. A006882, A006990, A037151, A178606.

%K nonn

%O 3,1

%A _Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky_, May 30 2010

%E Offset corrected by _R. J. Mathar_, Jun 23 2010