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A289689 Numbers k such that k!6 - 16 is prime, where k!6 is the sextuple factorial number (A085158). 1

%I #12 Nov 29 2018 16:19:29

%S 9,15,17,65,129,135,209,225,327,357,423,1061,1143,3629,4937,6713,

%T 33123,79185,88323,89933

%N Numbers k such that k!6 - 16 is prime, where k!6 is the sextuple factorial number (A085158).

%C Corresponding primes are: 11, 389, 919, 8549258359016359, 17694587964658118355578965371540271859, ...

%C a(21) > 10^5.

%C Terms > 17 correspond to probable primes.

%H Henri & Renaud Lifchitz, <a href="http://www.primenumbers.net/prptop/searchform.php?form=n!6-16&amp;action=Search">PRP Records. Search for n!6-16.</a>

%H Joe McLean, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091027034731/http://uk.geocities.com/nassarawa%40btinternet.com/probprim2.htm">Interesting Sources of Probable Primes</a>

%H OpenPFGW Project, <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/openpfgw/">Primality Tester</a>

%e 17!6 - 16 = 17*11*5 - 16 = 919 is prime, so 17 is in the sequence.

%t MultiFactorial[n_, k_] := If[n < 1, 1, n*MultiFactorial[n - k, k]];

%t Select[Range[6, 50000], PrimeQ[MultiFactorial[#, 6] - 16] &]

%Y Cf. A007661, A037082, A084438, A123910, A242994.

%K nonn,more

%O 1,1

%A _Robert Price_, Jul 09 2017

%E a(18)-a(20) from _Robert Price_, Aug 03 2018

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