A157478 a(n) is the least prime p such that p is greater than any previous term and is representable as the arithmetic mean of two other primes in exactly n different ways.

5, 11, 17, 37, 53, 89, 107, 127, 179, 197, 223, 233, 257, 263, 401, 409, 421, 449, 457, 661

Offset: 1

Author

Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Mar 01 2009

Keywords

• nonn
• more

Comments

A number p is representable as the arithmetic mean of two other primes in n ways if there are n values of k such that p + k and p - k are both prime.

If the restriction that a(n) must be greater than previous terms is removed then the sequence would be A126204. - Andrew Howroyd, Jan 12 2020

The next term if it exists > 10^6. - Andrew Howroyd, Jan 12 2020

Examples

			a(1) = 5 because 5+-2 are primes.
a(2) = 11 because 11+-6, 11+-8 are primes.
a(3) = 17 because 17+-6, 17+-12, 17+=14 are primes.
a(4) = 37 because 37+-6, 37+-24, 37+-30, 37+-34 are primes.
a(5) = 53 because 53+-6, 53+-30, 53+-36, 53+-48, 53+-50 are primes.
		

Crossrefs

Cf. A126204.

Programs

Mathematica

q=1;lst={};Do[p=Prime[n];i=0;Do[If[PrimeQ[p-k]&&PrimeQ[p+k],i++;],{k,2,p,2}];If[i==q,AppendTo[lst,p];q++ ],{n,2*5!}];lst

PARI

a(n, lim=oo)={my(v=vector(n),r=1); forprime(p=5, lim, my(k=0); forprime(q=3, p-2, k+=isprime(2*p-q)); if(k==r, if(r==n, return(p)); r++))} \\ Andrew Howroyd, Jan 12 2020

Extensions

Definition clarified by Andrew Howroyd, Jan 12 2020