A168026 Noncomposite numbers in the southwestern ray of the Ulam spiral as oriented on the March 1964 cover of Scientific American.
1, 7, 43, 73, 157, 211, 421, 601, 1483, 2551, 2971, 3907, 4423, 6163, 6481, 8191, 12211, 19183, 22651, 26407, 27061, 28393, 31153, 35533, 37057, 37831, 42643, 47743, 55933, 60763, 71023, 74257, 77563, 83233, 84391, 98911, 110557, 113233
Offset: 1
Links
- G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
- Alonso del Arte, Ulam spiral (2009). [Note that "East" and "West" in this video match the cover of Scientific American, but "North" and "South" are switched.]
- BackIssues.com, Scientific American March 1964 back issue
- MathWorld, Prime Spiral
- Scientific American, March 1964 cover
- Wikipedia, Ulam Spiral
Crossrefs
Cf. A054569, all numbers of the form 4k^2 - 6k + 3 with k > 0. Noncomposites of the eastern ray are in A168022. Primes of the northeastern ray are in A073337. Noncomposites of the northern ray are in A168023. Primes of the northwestern ray are in A121326. Noncomposites of the western ray are in A168025. Noncomposites of the southern ray are in A168027.
Programs
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Mathematica
Select[Table[4 n^2 - 6 n + 3, {n, 200}], Length[Divisors[ # ]] < 3 &]
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PARI
lista(nn) = {print1(1, ", "); for(k=1, nn, if(isprime(p=4*k^2-6*k+3), print1(p, ", ")));} \\ Altug Alkan, Mar 22 2018
Formula
Numbers of the form 4k^2 - 6k + 3 with k > 0 and no more than two divisors. [corrected by Peter Munn, Mar 17 2018]
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