A115883 The n-th prime minus n gives a triangular number.
1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 13, 34, 37, 46, 62, 104, 111, 210, 259, 274, 296, 306, 439, 488, 502, 513, 751, 763, 817, 969, 998, 1132, 1231, 1405, 1586, 1849, 1982, 2107, 2488, 2578, 2695, 2732, 2752, 2989, 3008, 3079, 3322, 3958, 4201, 4628, 5035, 5594, 5722, 5929
Offset: 1
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Examples
prime(13)-13 = 41-13 = 28 = T(7).
Links
- Harvey P. Dale and T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000 (first 500 terms from Harvey P. Dale)
Programs
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Mathematica
Flatten[Position[Table[Prime[n]-n,{n,6000}],?(IntegerQ[(Sqrt[ 8#+1]- 1)/2]&)]] (* _Harvey P. Dale, Oct 08 2012 *) pntQ[{a_,b_}]:=OddQ[Sqrt[8(a-b)+1]]; Module[{nn=6000},Select[Thread[ {Prime[ Range[nn]],Range[nn]}],pntQ]][[All,2]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 20 2019 *)
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PARI
isok(n) = ispolygonal(prime(n) - n, 3); \\ Michel Marcus, Jan 25 2014
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