OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
This sequence uses the same rules as A354453 but here the sum is over every 3 X 3 square of numbers. The terms are widely spread out as in A354453 but here they display an unusual concentration in density along at least three bands that wander between the upper and lower bounds of the terms. See the linked images. The reason for this behavior is unknown.
See A354461 for the successive prime sums formed by each completed 3 X 3 square of numbers.
LINKS
Scott R. Shannon, Image of the first 200000 terms. The green line is y = n.
Scott R. Shannon, Image of the first 1000000 terms.
EXAMPLE
The spiral begins
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32--31--48--35--34--28--27 51
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33 15--16--20--14--12 30 53
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42 17 5---4---3 13 36 67
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40 19 6 1---2 10 29 63
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41 22 7---8--11---9 24 60
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37 18--21--25--26--39--23 50
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38--43--44--45--54--46--49--47
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a(9) = 11 as this completes a 3 X 3 square of numbers 5,4,3,6,1,2,7,8,11 which sum to 47, a prime, and 11 is the smallest unused number to form a prime sum that has not occurred before.
a(25) = 39 as this completes a 3 X 3 square of numbers 1,2,10,8,11,9,25,26,39 which sum to 131, a prime, and 39 is the smallest unused number to form a prime sum that has not occurred before. Note that 35 would generate a square sum of 127, also a prime, but 127 was formed previously by the 3 X 3 square 19,6,1,22,7,8,18,21,25 so cannot be used. This is the first term to differ from A354441.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,look
AUTHOR
Scott R. Shannon, May 28 2022
STATUS
approved