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A206762
a(n) is the least number from 1,2,...,n-1, such that n!/a(n)+1 is prime, and a(n)=0, if such number does not exist.
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1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 5, 6, 1, 8, 2, 5, 7, 2, 3, 0, 5, 8, 4, 16, 3, 8, 4, 10, 1, 13, 8, 2, 19, 4, 11, 11, 7, 3, 1, 12, 13, 4, 1, 24, 2, 8, 5, 9, 25, 16, 2, 12, 0, 26, 0, 17, 22, 44, 22, 37, 7, 48, 4, 37, 18, 7, 39, 16, 19, 7, 15, 19, 36, 30, 1, 14, 15, 16, 1
OFFSET
2,3
COMMENTS
The sequence of primes n!/a(n)+1, when a(n)>0, is increasing.
MATHEMATICA
Table[s = Select[Range[n - 1], PrimeQ[n!/# + 1] &, 1]; If[s == {}, 0, s[[1]]], {n, 2, 100}] (* T. D. Noe, Feb 13 2012 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Vladimir Shevelev, Feb 12 2012
STATUS
approved