A266239 a(n) is the smallest k such that the following are four primes: prime(n)*k-1, prime(n)*k+1, prime(n)*k^2-1, prime(n)*k^2+1. Or -1 if no such k exists.

3, 2, 6, 66, 300, 24, 3744, 27000, 6, 1080, 960, 90, 30, 366, 9204, 8154, 1170, 840, 330, 6090, 84, 27720, 324, 90, 186, 4740, 2856, 6, 24270, 936, 5220, 1560, 6, 1500, 510, 120, 930, 3270, 30, 8520, 29700, 1200, 23310, 1056, 3540, 90, 3420, 2370, 9654, 83040, 2610, 9270, 2610

Offset

1,1

Comments

Conjecture: a(n)>1.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..53.

Example

a(1)=3 because the following are four primes: 2*3-1, 2*3+1, 2*9-1, 2*9+1.

Prog

(Python)
from sympy import isprime
TOP=10**9
for p in range(2, 333):
    if isprime(p):
        failed = True
        for x in range(1, TOP):
            if isprime(p*x+1) and isprime(p*x-1) and isprime(p*x*x-1) and isprime(p*x*x+1):
                print(x, end=', ')
                failed = False
                break
        if failed: print(-1, end=', ')
(PARI) a(n) = {k = 1; p = prime(n); while (! (isprime(p*k-1) && isprime(p*k+1) && isprime(p*k^2-1) && isprime(p*k^2+1)), k++); k; } \\ Michel Marcus, Dec 27 2015

Crossrefs

Cf. A000040, A035096.

Sequence in context: A025240 A137602 A086550 * A018864 A271610 A019951

Adjacent sequences: A266236 A266237 A266238 * A266240 A266241 A266242

Keyword

nonn

Author

Alex Ratushnyak, Dec 25 2015

Status

approved