A132282 Near-cube primes: primes of the form p^3 + 2, where p is noncomposite.
2, 3, 29, 127, 24391, 357913, 571789, 1442899, 5177719, 18191449, 30080233, 73560061, 80062993, 118370773, 127263529, 131872231, 318611989, 344472103, 440711083, 461889919, 590589721, 756058033, 865523179, 1095912793
Offset: 1
Examples
a(1) = 0^3 + 2 = 2 is prime and 0 is noncomposite. a(2) = 1^3 + 2 = 3 is prime and 1 is noncomposite. a(3) = 3^3 + 2 = 29 is prime and 3 is prime. a(4) = 5^3 + 2 = 127 is prime and 5 is prime. a(5) = 29^3 + 2 = 24391 is prime and 29 is prime. 45^3 + 2 = 91127 is prime, but not in this sequence because 45 is not prime. 63^3 + 2 = 250049 is prime, but not in this sequence because 63 is not prime. a(6) = 71^3 + 2 = 357913 is prime. a(7) = 83^3 + 2 = 571789 is prime. a(8) = 113^3 + 2 = 1442899 is prime.
Links
- Harald Andres Helfgott, Power-free values, repulsion between points, differing beliefs and the existence of error, arXiv:0706.1497 [math.NT], 2007.
Programs
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Mathematica
Join[{2, 5}, Select[Prime[Range[200]]^3 + 2, PrimeQ[ # ] &]] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Aug 17 2007 *)
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PARI
v=[2,3]; forprime(p=3, 1e4, if(isprime(t=p^3+2), v=concat(v, t))); t \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Feb 14 2011
Formula
Extensions
More terms from Stefan Steinerberger, Aug 17 2007
a(2) corrected by Charles R Greathouse IV, Feb 14 2011
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