A152658 Beginnings of maximal chains of primes.
5, 13, 29, 37, 43, 61, 89, 109, 131, 139, 227, 251, 269, 277, 293, 359, 389, 401, 449, 461, 491, 547, 569, 607, 631, 743, 757, 773, 809, 857, 887, 947, 971, 991, 1069, 1109, 1151, 1163, 1187, 1237, 1289, 1301, 1319, 1373, 1427, 1453, 1481, 1499, 1549, 1601
Offset: 1
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Examples
3*prime(3) + 4*prime(4) = 3*5 + 4*7 = 43 is prime and 4*prime(4) + 5*prime(5) = 4*7 + 5*11 = 83 is prime, so 5, 7, 11 is a chain of primes. 2*prime(2) + 3*prime(3) = 2*3 + 3*5 = 21 is not prime and 5*prime(5) + 6*prime(6) = 5*11 + 6*13 = 133 is not prime, hence 5, 7, 11 is maximal and prime(3) = 5 is the beginning of a maximal chain.
Links
- Klaus Brockhaus, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..10000
Crossrefs
Cf. A152117 (n*(n-th prime) + (n+1)*((n+1)-th prime)), A152657 (secluded primes), A119487 (primes of the form i*(i-th prime) + (i+1)*((i+1)-th prime), linking primes).
Cf. A105454 - Zak Seidov, Feb 04 2016
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Magma
[ p: n in [1..253] | (n eq 1 or not IsPrime((n-1)*PreviousPrime(p) +n*p) ) and IsPrime((n)*p+(n+1)*NextPrime(p)) where p is NthPrime(n) ];
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