A078848 Initial term in sequence of four consecutive primes separated by 3 consecutive differences each <=6 (i.e., when d=2,4 or 6) and forming d-pattern=[2,6,4]; short d-string notation of pattern = [264].

29, 59, 71, 269, 431, 1289, 2129, 2339, 2381, 2789, 4721, 5519, 5639, 5849, 6569, 6959, 8999, 10091, 13679, 14549, 16649, 16691, 18119, 19379, 19751, 21491, 25931, 27689, 27791, 28619, 31181, 32369, 32561, 32831, 36779, 41609, 43961, 45119

Offset: 1

Author

Labos Elemer, Dec 11 2002

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Subsequence of A049437. - R. J. Mathar, Feb 10 2013

Examples

			29, 29+2=31, 29+2+6=37, 29+2+6+4=41 are consecutive primes.
		

Links

• R. J. Mathar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000

Crossrefs

Cf. analogous prime quadruple sequences with various possible {2, 4, 6}-difference-patterns in brackets: A007530[242], A078847[246], A078848[264], A078849[266], A052378[424], A078850[426], A078851[462], A078852[466], A078853[624], A078854[626], A078855[642], A078856[646], A078857[662], A078858[664], A033451[666].

Programs

Mathematica

d = {2, 6, 4}; First /@ Select[Partition[Prime@ Range[10^4], Length@ d + 1, 1], Differences@ # == d &] (* Michael De Vlieger, May 02 2016 *)
Select[Partition[Prime[Range[4700]],4,1],Differences[#]=={2,6,4}&][[All,1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 08 2020 *)

Formula

Primes p=p(i) such that p(i+1)=p+2, p(i+2)=p+2+6, p(i+3)=p+2+6+4.

Extensions

Listed terms verified by Ray Chandler, Apr 20 2009

Typo in example corrected by Michel Marcus, Dec 28 2013