A238849 Smallest k such that k*n^3 - 1 and k*n^3 + 1 are twin primes.
4, 9, 4, 3, 24, 2, 24, 30, 58, 3, 12, 19, 96, 3, 10, 165, 114, 11, 390, 159, 2, 30, 114, 10, 18, 12, 24, 6, 42, 19, 72, 24, 30, 72, 24, 3, 150, 189, 40, 54, 348, 5, 24, 93, 14, 33, 324, 9, 150, 81, 70, 39, 354, 3, 138, 42, 56, 51, 180, 16, 18, 9
Offset: 1
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Examples
a(1) = 4 because for k = 1, 1*(1^3) - 1 = 0 and 1*(1^3) + 1 = 2 are not twin primes, for k = 2, 1 and 3 are not twin primes, for k = 3, 2 and 4 are not twin primes, so the smallest k that works is k = 4: 4*(1^3) - 1 = 3 and 4*(1^3) + 1 = 5 are twin primes.
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Python
import sympy from sympy import isprime def f(n): for k in range(1,10**4): if isprime(k*(n**3)-1) and isprime(k*(n**3)+1): return k n = 1 while n < 10**3: print(f(n)) n += 1