OFFSET
1,4
LINKS
Harvey P. Dale, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
EXAMPLE
a(2) = 1 because there exists three numbers 8, 9 and 10 between (5,7) and (11,13) => a(2) = 3/3 = 1.
MAPLE
T:=array(1..100, 1..2):k:=0:for n from 1 to 1000 do:p1:=ithprime(n):p2:=ithprime(n+1):if p2-p1 = 2 then k:=k+1:T[k, 1]:=p1:T[k, 2]:=p2:else fi:od: for p from 2 to k do:x:= T[p+1, 1]- T[p, 2]: printf(`%d, `, (x-1)/3):od:
MATHEMATICA
Join[{0}, Rest[(#[[2]]-#[[1]]-1)/3&/@Partition[Rest[Flatten[Select[ Partition[ Prime[Range[500]], 2, 1], #[[2]]-#[[1]]==2&]]], 2]]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 10 2016 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Michel Lagneau, Jan 10 2012
STATUS
approved