A074979 Primes for which the two closest primes are smaller.
113, 139, 181, 199, 241, 283, 293, 317, 467, 509, 523, 577, 619, 661, 773, 829, 839, 863, 887, 953, 1021, 1039, 1069, 1129, 1237, 1307, 1327, 1381, 1459, 1499, 1583, 1627, 1637, 1669, 1699, 1759, 1789, 1879, 1913, 1951, 2003, 2039, 2089, 2113, 2143
Offset: 1
Keywords
Examples
The two closest primes to 113 are 109 (difference = 4) and 107 (difference = 6). Both 109 and 107 are smaller than 113, so 113 is in the list.
Links
- Harvey P. Dale, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
Programs
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Mathematica
NextPrim[n_] := Block[{k = n + 1}, While[ !PrimeQ[k], k++ ]; k]; ps = {0, 0, 0, 1}; Do[ps = Drop[ps, 1]; ps = Append[ps, NextPrim[ ps[[ -1]]]]; If[ ps[[ -1]] - ps[[ -2]] > ps[[ -2]] - ps[[1]], Print[ ps[[ -2]]]], {n, 1, 330}] Select[Partition[Prime[Range[400]],4,1],#[[3]]-#[[1]]<#[[4]]-#[[3]]&][[All,3]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 11 2021 *)
Extensions
Edited by Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 11 2002
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