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The n-th term is the smallest integer > 1 that is congruent to +1 or -1 modulo k for all 2 <= k <= n.
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%I #11 Aug 04 2018 06:31:59

%S 3,5,5,11,11,29,41,71,71,881,1079,10009,10009,32759,82081,636481,

%T 636481,2162161,2162161,2162161,2162161,39412801,39412801,39412801,

%U 39412801,1074427199,1074427199,15362146799,15362146799,109271408401,482955026399,482955026399

%N The n-th term is the smallest integer > 1 that is congruent to +1 or -1 modulo k for all 2 <= k <= n.

%t Rest@ Nest[Function[a, Append[a, Block[{k = a[[-1]]}, While[! AllTrue[Table[Or[# == 1, # == m - 1] &@ Mod[k, m], {m, Length@ a + 1}], # &], k++]; k]]], {2}, 16] (* _Michael De Vlieger_, Aug 02 2018 *)

%o (PARI)

%o ok(n,m)={for(i=2, n, my(r=m%i); if(r<>1&&r<>i-1, return(0))); 1}

%o a(n)={my(m=oo, p=primes(primepi(n))); p=vector(#p, i, p[i]^logint(n, p[i]));

%o for(k=0, 2^#p-1, my(t=2+lift(-2+chinese(vector(#p, i, Mod(if(bittest(k, i-1), -1, 1), p[i]))))); if(t<m && ok(n,t), m=t)); m} \\ _Andrew Howroyd_, Aug 02 2018

%K nonn

%O 2,1

%A _Kevin D. Woerner_, Aug 02 2018

%E a(21)-a(32) from _Andrew Howroyd_, Aug 02 2018