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A086978 Increasing peaks in the prime gap sequence A001632.

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%I A086978 #17 May 12 2025 23:32:00
%S A086978 211,1847,5623,30631,81509,82129,162209,173429,404671,542683,544367,
%T A086978 1101071,1444411,2238931,5845309,6752747,6958801,11981587,13626407,
%U A086978 49269739,83751287,147684323,166726561,378044179,895858267,1872852203
%N A086978 Increasing peaks in the prime gap sequence A001632.
%C A086978 a(n) is the larger of the two consecutive primes having a late occurring prime gap g = p_k+1 - p_k. All even gaps smaller than g occur at a smaller prime. Also, the next even gap g+2 also occurs earlier.
%D A086978 P. Ribenboim, The Little Book of Big Primes. Springer-Verlag, 1991, p. 144.
%H A086978 Thomas R. Nicely, <a href="https://faculty.lynchburg.edu/~nicely/gaps/gaplist.html">First occurrence prime gaps</a> [For local copy see A000101]
%H A086978 Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, <a href="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/PrimeGaps.html">Prime Gaps</a>.
%e A086978 1847 is in this list because the previous prime is 1831, giving a prime gap of 16. All even gaps less than 16 occur before this (for smaller primes) and the next even gap, 18, also occurs earlier.
%Y A086978 Cf. A000230, A001223, A001632, A038664, A086977, A086979, A086980, A002386.
%K A086978 nonn
%O A086978 1,1
%A A086978 _Harry J. Smith_, Jul 26 2003