OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Conjecture: a(n) exists for any n > 0. In general, if a > 0 is even and b is 1 or -1, then for any positive integer n there are primes p and q such that a*p*n+b = prime(q*n).
REFERENCES
Zhi-Wei Sun, Problems on combinatorial properties of primes, in: M. Kaneko, S. Kanemitsu and J. Liu (eds.), Number Theory: Plowing and Starring through High Wave Forms, Proc. 7th China-Japan Seminar (Fukuoka, Oct. 28 - Nov. 1, 2013), Ser. Number Theory Appl., Vol. 11, World Sci., Singapore, 2015, pp. 169-187.
LINKS
Zhi-Wei Sun, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
Zhi-Wei Sun, Problems on combinatorial properties of primes, arXiv:1402.6641 [math.NT], 2014.
EXAMPLE
a(5) = 271 since 2*271*5+1 = 2711 = prime(79*5) with 271 and 79 both prime.
MATHEMATICA
PQ[n_, p_]:=PrimeQ[p]&&PrimeQ[PrimePi[p]/n]
Do[k=1; While[!PQ[n, 2*Prime[k]*n+1], k=k+1]; Print[n, " ", Prime[k]], {n, 1, 50}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Zhi-Wei Sun, Jul 19 2015
STATUS
approved
