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A275276
a(n) = n! - p, where p is the third greatest prime less than n!.
1
6, 7, 4, 7, 13, 19, 19, 43, 29, 23, 43, 17, 67, 43, 71, 89, 239, 47, 197, 151, 43, 139, 197, 191, 239, 191, 173, 197, 47, 97, 223, 373, 71, 439, 307, 263, 157, 241, 199, 233, 337, 131, 179, 149, 113, 277, 269, 409, 197, 193, 379, 271, 181, 419, 367, 701, 751
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Is every term except 4 and 6 a prime?
LINKS
EXAMPLE
For n = 4, we have n! = 24, so that p = 17, and a(4) = 7.
MATHEMATICA
Table[n! - NextPrime[n!, -3], {n, 1, 150}]
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A254374 A019616 A274209 * A073177 A230848 A364356
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Jul 23 2016
EXTENSIONS
Name corrected by Pavel Irzhavski, Jul 25 2016
STATUS
approved