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A233011
Primes of the form (2*n)! - n!^2 - 1.
1
19, 683, 478483199, 20921164185599
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The 5th term a(5) has 268 digits and is too long to display in data section.
The 7th term a(7) in the sequence has 823 digits.
a(8) has 2030 digits; a(9) has 2264 digits (these are not included in b-file).
LINKS
EXAMPLE
a(1)= 19: n= 2: (2*n)!- n!^2-1= 19 which is prime.
a(2)= 683: n= 3: (2*n)!- n!^2-1= 683 which is prime.
MAPLE
KD := proc() local a; a:=(2*n)!-n!^2-1; if isprime(a) then RETURN (a); fi; end: seq(KD(), n=1..200);
CROSSREFS
Cf. A055490 (primes: n! -1).
Cf. A118812 (primes: (2*n)!-n!+1).
Sequence in context: A217825 A200849 A162012 * A369373 A280112 A231160
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
K. D. Bajpai, Dec 03 2013
STATUS
approved