A114313 Difference between first odd semiprime >= 5^n and 5^n.
8, 4, 0, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4, 2, 2, 4, 14, 4, 2, 18, 6, 2, 12, 16, 2, 4, 2, 42, 6, 4, 2, 22, 26, 12, 18, 18, 38, 12, 14, 2, 6, 36, 2, 16, 24, 6, 14, 12, 6, 28, 24, 24, 8, 16, 32, 16, 28, 12, 8, 16, 6, 16, 98
Offset: 0
Examples
a(0) = 8 because 5^0 + 8 = 9 = 3^2 is an odd semiprime; note that because 5^0 + 3 = 4 = 2^2 is an even semiprime, but we only care about odd semiprimes here. a(1) = 4 because 5^1 + 4 = 9 = 3^2 is an odd semiprime. a(2) = 0 because 5^2 + 0 = 25 = 5^2 is an odd semiprime; there are no more zero values. a(3) = 4 because 5^3 + 4 = 129 = 3 * 43. a(4) = 4 because 5^4 + 4 = 629 = 17 * 37. a(5) = 2 because 5^5 + 2 = 3127 = 53 * 59. a(6) = 2 because 5^6 + 2 = 15627 = 3 * 5209. a(7) = 2 because 5^7 + 2 = 78127 = 7 * 11161. a(8) = 4 because 5^8 + 4 = 390629 = 577 * 677 (brilliant). a(9) = 4 because 5^9 + 4 = 1953129 = 3 * 651043.
Programs
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Mathematica
dfpsn[n_]:=Module[{n5=5^n,s},s=If[OddQ[n5],n5,n5+1];While[PrimeOmega[s] != 2,s=s+2];s-n5]; Array[dfpsn,60,0] (* Harvey P. Dale, Sep 04 2013 *)
Formula
Extensions
Corrected and extended by Harvey P. Dale, Sep 04 2013
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