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A281314
a(1) = 4; a(n) = smallest semiprime such that a(n) - a(n-1) is an odd prime.
1
4, 9, 14, 21, 26, 33, 38, 49, 62, 65, 82, 85, 122, 129, 134, 141, 146, 159, 166, 169, 206, 209, 214, 217, 254, 259, 262, 265, 278, 289, 302, 305, 334, 339, 346, 365, 382, 393, 398, 403, 422, 427, 446, 451, 454, 471, 478, 481, 542, 545
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
a(n) >= A175587(n).
First differences: 5, 5, 7, 5, 7, 5, 11, 13, 3, 17, 3, 37, 7, 5, 7, 5, 13, 7, 3, 37, 3, 5, 3, 37, 5, 3, 3, 13, 11, 13, 3, 29, 5, 7, 19, 17, 11, 5, 5, 19, 5, 19, 5, 3, 17, 7, 3, 61, 3 (all odd primes).
MATHEMATICA
NestList[(p = 3; While[2 != PrimeOmega[q = # + p], p = NextPrime[p]]; q) &, 4, 50]
nxt[n_]:=Module[{k=n+1}, While[PrimeOmega[k]!=2||!PrimeQ[k-n]||EvenQ[k-n], k++]; k]; NestList[nxt, 4, 50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Feb 14 2019 *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A023488 A115585 A099980 * A004630 A073497 A244941
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Zak Seidov, Jan 25 2017
STATUS
approved