A060256 Smallest multiple a(n) of n-th primorial q(n) such that a(n)*q(n)-1 and a(n)*q(n)+1 are a pair of twin primes.
2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 6, 8, 11, 4, 16, 22, 4, 74, 24, 37, 28, 14, 11, 242, 11, 91, 20, 83, 91, 35, 80, 48, 47, 226, 2, 12, 203, 30, 38, 356, 54, 266, 108, 305, 227, 173, 1185, 738, 13, 382, 277, 455, 433, 173, 1303, 926, 1162, 164, 298, 69, 121, 702, 1670, 36, 570, 170, 204
Offset: 1
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Examples
30030*j-1 or 30030*j+1 are not both primes for j=1,2,3,4,5. But for j=6 {180179,180181} are twin primes. So a(6)=6.
Links
- Pierre CAMI, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..500
Programs
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Mathematica
smp[n_]:=Module[{k=1},While[!PrimeQ[k*n+1]||!PrimeQ[k*n-1],k++];k]; Table[ smp[n],{n,FoldList[Times,Prime[Range[70]]]}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 27 2016 *)
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PARI
a(n)=p=vecprod(primes(n));for(k=1,+oo,ispseudoprime(k*p+1)&&ispseudoprime(k*p-1)&&return(k)) \\ Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Nov 09 2024
Extensions
Corrected and extended by Ray Chandler, Apr 03 2009
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