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A055496 a(1) = 2; a(n) is smallest prime > 2*a(n-1).

2, 5, 11, 23, 47, 97, 197, 397, 797, 1597, 3203, 6421, 12853, 25717, 51437, 102877, 205759, 411527, 823117, 1646237, 3292489, 6584983, 13169977, 26339969, 52679969, 105359939, 210719881, 421439783, 842879579, 1685759167, 3371518343

Offset: 1

N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 07 2000

nonn

It appears that lim_{n->infinity} a(n)/2^n exists and is approximately 1.569985585.... - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Nov 11 2011
This is a B_2 sequence. - Thomas Ordowski, Sep 23 2014 See the link.
Conjecture: lim_{n->infinity} a(n)/A006992(n) = 5.1648264... - Thomas Ordowski, Apr 05 2015

Zak Seidov and Michael De Vlieger, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000 (First 100 terms from Zak Seidov)
V. Shevelev, Ramanujan and Labos primes, their generalizations, and classifications of primes, J. Integer Seq. 15 (2012), #12.5.4.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, B_2-Sequence.

Cf. A006992, A060264, A163963.
Values of a(n)-2*a(n-1) in A163469. - Zak Seidov, Jul 28 2009
Cf. A065545 (with a(1)=3). - Zak Seidov, Feb 04 2016
Row 1 of A229608.

A055496 := proc(n) option remember; if n=1 then 2 else nextprime(2*A055496(n-1)); fi; end;

NextPrim[n_Integer] := Block[ {k = n + 1}, While[ !PrimeQ[k], k++ ]; Return[k]]; a[1] = 2; a[n_] := NextPrim[ 2*a[n - 1]]; Table[ a[n], {n, 1, 31} ]
a[1]=2;a[n_]:=a[n]=Prime[PrimePi[2*a[n-1]]+1];Table[a[n],{n,40}] (* Zak Seidov, Feb 16 2006 *)
NestList[ NextPrime[2*# ]&,2,100] (* Zak Seidov, Jul 28 2009 *)

print1(a=2);for(n=2,20,print1(", ",a=nextprime(a+a))) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 19 2011

a(n+1) = A060264(a(n)). - Peter Munn, Oct 23 2017

Mathematica updated by Jean-François Alcover, Jun 19 2013

A167053 a(1)=3; for n > 1, a(n) = 1 + a(n-1) + gcd( a(n-1)*(a(n-1)+2), A073829(a(n-1)) ).

Original entry on oeis.org

3, 19, 39, 81, 165, 333, 335, 673, 1347, 1349, 1351, 1353, 1355, 1357, 1359, 2721, 2723, 2725, 2727, 5457, 5459, 5461, 5463, 5465, 5467, 5469, 10941, 10943, 10945, 10947, 21897, 21899, 21901, 21903, 21905, 21907, 21909, 43821, 43823, 43825, 43827, 43829, 43831

Offset: 1

Vladimir Shevelev, Oct 27 2009

nonn

The first differences are 16, 20, 42, etc. They are either 2 or in A075369 or in A008864, see A167054.

A proof follows from Clement's criterion of twin primes.

			a(2) = 1 + 3 + gcd(3*5, 4*(2! + 1) + 3) = 19.

E. Trost, Primzahlen, Birkhäuser-Verlag, 1953, pages 30-31.

Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..206
P. A. Clement, Congruences for sets of primes, Amer. Math. Monthly, 56 (1949), 23-25.

Cf. A073829, A008864, A167054.

Cf. A166944, A166945, A116533, A163961, A163963, A084662, A084663, A106108, A132199, A134162, A135506, A135508, A118679, A120293.

A073829 := proc(n) n+4*((n-1)!+1) ; end proc:
A167053 := proc(n) option remember ; local aprev; if n = 1 then 3; else aprev := procname(n-1) ; 1+aprev+gcd(aprev*(aprev+2),A073829(aprev)) ; end if; end proc:
seq(A167053(n),n=1..60) ; # R. J. Mathar, Dec 17 2009

A073829[n_] := 4((n-1)! + 1) + n;
a[1] = 3;
a[n_] := a[n] = 1 + a[n-1] + GCD[a[n-1] (a[n-1] + 2), A073829[a[n-1]]];
Array[a, 60] (* Jean-François Alcover, Mar 25 2020 *)

Definition shortened and values from a(4) on replaced by R. J. Mathar, Dec 17 2009

A167168 Sequence of prime gaps which characterize Rowland sequences of prime-generating recurrences.

Original entry on oeis.org

3, 7, 17, 19, 31, 43, 53, 67, 71, 79, 97, 103, 109, 113, 127, 137, 151, 163, 173, 181, 191, 197, 199, 211, 229, 239, 241, 251, 257, 269, 271, 283, 293, 317, 331, 337, 349, 367, 373

Offset: 1

Vladimir Shevelev, Oct 29 2009

nonn

Consider the Rowland sequences with recurrence N(n)= N(n-1)+gcd(n,N(n-1)).
For some of these, like the prototypical A106108, the first differences N(n)-N(n-1) are always 1 or primes.
If for some position p (a prime) N(p-1)=2*p, then the arXiv preprint shows that N is indeed in that class of prime-generating sequences.
Since then N(p)=N(p-1)+p, the prime p characterizes at the same time the gap (first difference) and location in the sequence.
In the same sequence at some larger value of p, we may again have N(p-1)=2*p. In these cases, we put all these p's satisfying that equation into a generator class.
For each of the generator classes, the OEIS sequence shows the smallest member (prime) in that class. So this is a trace of how many essentially different sequences with this N(p-1)=2*p property exist.

			We put a(1)=3 since the N-sequence 4, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 19, 20.. = A084662 (essentially the same as A106108) has a first difference of p=3 at position p-1=2, N(2)=2*3.
It has a first difference of p=5 at p-1=4, a first difference of p=11 at p=10, so we put {3,5,11,23,..} into that class. This leaves p=7=a(2) as the lowest prime to be covered by the next class. This is first realized by N = 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 39.. = A084663. Here N(12)=2*13, so p=13 is in the same class as p=7, namely {7,13,29,59,131,..}. This leaves p=17=a(3) to be the smallest member in a new class, namely {17,41,83,167,..}.

E. S. Rowland, A natural prime-generating recurrence, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 11 (2008), Article 08.2.8
V. Shevelev, A new generator of primes based on the Rowland idea, arXiv:0910.4676 [math.NT], 2009.

Cf. A106108, A167053, A116533, A163963, A084662, A084663, A134162.

Edited, a(1) set to 3, 37 replaced by 31, and extended beyond 53 by R. J. Mathar, Dec 17 2009

A167054 Values of A167053(k)-A167053(k-1)-1 not equal to 1.

Original entry on oeis.org

15, 19, 41, 83, 167, 337, 673, 1361, 2729, 5471, 10949, 21911, 43853, 87719, 175447, 350899, 701819, 1403641, 2807303, 5614657, 11229331, 22458671, 44917381, 89834777, 179669557, 359339171, 718678369

Offset: 1

Vladimir Shevelev, Oct 27 2009

All terms of the sequence are primes or products of twin primes (A037074).

Cf. A167053, A166944, A166945, A116533, A163961, A163963, A084662, A084663, A106108, A132199, A134162, A135506, A135508, A118679, A120293

Values from a(3) on replaced by R. J. Mathar, Dec 17 2009

More terms from Amiram Eldar, Sep 13 2019

A167170 a(6) = 14, for n >= 7, a(n) = a(n-1) + gcd(n, a(n-1)).

Original entry on oeis.org

14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 39, 40, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 87, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 177, 180, 181, 182, 189, 190, 195

Offset: 6

Vladimir Shevelev, Oct 29 2009, Nov 06 2009

nonn

For every n >= 7, a(n) - a(n-1) is 1 or prime. This Rowland-like "generator of primes" is different from A106108 (see comment to A167168).

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 6..1000
Eric S. Rowland, A natural prime-generating recurrence, J. of Integer Sequences 11 (2008), Article 08.2.8.
V. Shevelev, An infinite set of generators of primes based on the Rowland idea and conjectures concerning twin primes, arXiv:0910.4676 [math.NT], 2009.

Cf. A167168, A106108, A132199, A167054, A167053, A166944, A166945, A116533, A163961, A163963, A084662, A084663, A134162, A135506, A135508, A118679, A120293.

A167170 := proc(n) option remember; if n = 6 then 14; else procname(n-1)+igcd(n,procname(n-1)) ; end if; end proc: seq(A167170(i),i=6..80) ; # R. J. Mathar, Oct 30 2010

RecurrenceTable[{a[n] == a[n - 1] + GCD[n, a[n - 1]], a[6] == 14}, a, {n, 6, 100}] (* G. C. Greubel, Jun 04 2016 *)
nxt[{n_,a_}]:={n+1,a+GCD[a,n+1]}; NestList[nxt,{6,14},60][[All,2]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Nov 03 2019 *)

first(n)=my(v=vector(n-5)); v[1]=14; for(k=7,n, v[k-5]=v[k-6]+gcd(k,v[k-6])); v \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Aug 22 2017

Terms > 91 from R. J. Mathar, Oct 30 2010

A167195 a(2)=3, for n>=3, a(n)=a(n-1)+gcd(n, a(n-1)).

Original entry on oeis.org

3, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116

Offset: 2

Vladimir Shevelev, Oct 30 2009, Nov 06 2009

For every n>=3, a(n)-a(n-1) is 1 or prime. This Rowland-like "generator of primes" is different from A106108 and from generators A167168. Generalization: Let p be a prime. Let N(p-1)=p and for n>=p, N(n)=N(n-1)+gcd(n, N(n-1)). Then, for every n>=p, N(n)-N(n-1) is 1 or prime.

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 2..1000
E. S. Rowland, A natural prime-generating recurrence, Journal of Integer Sequences, 11 (2008), Article 08.2.8.
Vladimir Shevelev, A new generator of primes based on the Rowland idea, arXiv:0910.4676 [math.NT], 2009.

Cf. A167170, A167168, A106108, A132199, A167054, A167053, A166944, A166945, A116533, A163961, A163963, A084662, A084663, A134162, A135506, A135508, A118679, A120293.

RecurrenceTable[{a[n] == a[n - 1] + GCD[n, a[n - 1]], a[2] == 3}, a, {n, 2, 100}] (* G. C. Greubel, Jun 05 2016 *)

a(n) = a(n-1) + 1 if gcd(a(n-1), n) = 1, or a(n) = 2*n otherwise. - Yifan Xie, Aug 20 2025

Edited by Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 02 2009

A167495 Records in A167494.

Original entry on oeis.org

2, 3, 5, 13, 31, 61, 139, 283, 571, 1153, 2311, 4651, 9343, 19141, 38569, 77419, 154873, 310231, 621631, 1243483, 2486971, 4974721

Offset: 1

Vladimir Shevelev, Nov 05 2009

Conjecture: each term > 3 of the sequence is the greater member of a twin prime pair (A006512).
Indices of the records are 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 21, 25, 28, 30, 38, 72, 90, ... [R. J. Mathar, Nov 05 2009]
One can formulate a similar conjecture without verification of the primality of the terms (see Conjecture 4 in my paper). [Vladimir Shevelev, Nov 13 2009]

E. S. Rowland, A natural prime-generating recurrence, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol.11 (2008), Article 08.2.8.
E. S. Rowland, A natural prime-generating recurrence, arXiv:0710.3217 [math.NT], 2007-2008.
V. Shevelev, A new generator of primes based on the Rowland idea, arXiv:0910.4676 [math.NT], 2009.
V. Shevelev, Three theorems on twin primes, arXiv:0911.5478 [math.NT], 2009-2010. [_Vladimir Shevelev_, Dec 03 2009]

Cf. A167494, A167493, A167197, A167195, A167170, A167168, A106108, A132199, A167054, A167053, A166944, A166945, A116533, A163961, A163963, A084662, A084663, A134162, A135506, A135508, A118679, A120293.

nxt[{n_, a_}] := {n + 1, If[EvenQ[n], a + GCD[n+1, a], a + GCD[n-1, a]]};
A167494 = DeleteCases[Differences[Transpose[NestList[nxt, {1, 2}, 10^7]][[2]]], 1];
Tally[A167494][[All, 1]] //. {a1___, a2_, a3___, a4_, a5___} /; a4 <= a2 :> {a1, a2, a3, a5} (* Jean-François Alcover, Oct 29 2018, using Harvey P. Dale's code for A167494 *)

Simplified the definition to include all records; one term added by R. J. Mathar, Nov 05 2009
a(16) to a(21) from R. J. Mathar, Nov 19 2009
a(22) from Jean-François Alcover, Oct 29 2018

A167197 a(6) = 7, for n >= 7, a(n) = a(n - 1) + gcd(n, a(n - 1)).

Original entry on oeis.org

7, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 52, 53, 54, 55, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 116, 117, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128

Offset: 6

Vladimir Shevelev, Oct 30 2009, Nov 06 2009

nonn

For every n >= 7, a(n) - a(n - 1) is 1 or prime. This Rowland-like "generator of primes" is different from A106108 (see comment to A167168) and from A167170. Note that, lim sup a(n) / n = 2, while lim sup A106108(n) / n = lim sup A167170(n) / n = 3.

Going up to a million, differences of two consecutive terms of this sequence gives primes about 0.009% of the time. The rest are 1's. [Alonso del Arte, Nov 30 2009]

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 6..1000
E. S. Rowland, A natural prime-generating recurrence, Journal of Integer Sequences, 11 (2008), Article 08.2.8.
Vladimir Shevelev, An infinite set of generators of primes based on the Rowland idea and conjectures concerning twin primes, arXiv:0910.4676 [math.NT], 2009.

Cf. A167195, A167170, A167168, A106108, A132199, A167054, A167053, A166944, A166945, A116533, A163961, A163963, A084662, A084663, A134162, A135506, A135508, A118679, A120293.

A[6]:= 7:
for n from 7 to 100 do A[n]:= A[n-1] + igcd(n,A[n-1]) od:
seq(A[i],i=6..100); # Robert Israel, Jun 05 2016

a[6] = 7; a[n_ /; n > 6] := a[n] = a[n - 1] + GCD[n, a[n - 1]]; Table[a[n], {n, 6, 58}]

from math import gcd
def aupton(nn):
    alst = [7]
    for n in range(7, nn+1): alst.append(alst[-1] + gcd(n, alst[-1]))
    return alst
print(aupton(68)) # Michael S. Branicky, Jul 14 2021

Verified and edited by Alonso del Arte, Nov 30 2009

A167493 a(1) = 2; thereafter a(n) = a(n-1) + gcd(n, a(n-1)) if n is odd, and a(n) = a(n-1) + gcd(n-2, a(n-1)) if n is even.

Original entry on oeis.org

2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 52, 53, 54, 55, 60, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 124, 125, 126

Offset: 1

Vladimir Shevelev, Nov 05 2009

nonn

Conjectures. 1) For n >= 2, every difference a(n) - a(n-1) is 1 or prime; 2) Every record of differences a(n) - a(n-1) greater than 3 belongs to the sequence of the greater of twin primes (A006512).
Conjecture #1 above fails at n = 620757, with a(n) = 1241487 and a(n-1) = 1241460, difference = 27. Additionally, the terms of related A167495(m) quickly tend to index n/2. So for example, A167495(14) = 19141 is seen at n = 38284. - Bill McEachen, Jan 20 2023
It seems that, for n > 4, (3*n-3)/2 <= a(n) <= 2n - 3. Can anyone find a proof or disproof? - Charles R Greathouse IV, Jan 22 2023

Bill McEachen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..100000
E. S. Rowland, A natural prime-generating recurrence, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol.11 (2008), Article 08.2.8.
Vladimir Shevelev, A new generator of primes based on the Rowland idea, arXiv:0910.4676 [math.NT], 2009.
Vladimir Shevelev, Three theorems on twin primes, arXiv:0911.5478 [math.NT], 2009-2010.

Cf. A167197, A167195, A167170, A167168, A106108, A132199, A167054, A167053, A166944, A166945, A116533, A163961, A163963, A084662, A084663, A134162, A135506, A135508, A118679, A120293.

Cf also A006512, A167494.

nxt[{n_,a_}]:={n+1,If[EvenQ[n],a+GCD[n+1,a],a+GCD[n-1,a]]}; Transpose[ NestList[nxt,{1,2},70]][[2]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 05 2015 *)

lista(nn)=my(va = vector(nn)); va[1] = 2; for (n=2, nn, va[n] = if (n%2, va[n-1] + gcd(n, va[n-1]), va[n-1] + gcd(n-2, va[n-1]));); va; \\ Michel Marcus, Dec 13 2018

from math import gcd
from itertools import count, islice
def agen(): # generator of terms
    an = 2
    for n in count(2):
        yield an
        an = an + gcd(n, an) if n&1 else an + gcd(n-2, an)
print(list(islice(agen(), 66))) # Michael S. Branicky, Jan 22 2023

For n > 3, n < a(n) < n*(n-1)/2. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Jan 22 2023

More terms from Harvey P. Dale, Dec 05 2015

A167494 List of first differences of A167493 that are different from 1.

Original entry on oeis.org

2, 3, 3, 5, 3, 13, 5, 3, 31, 61, 7, 5, 3, 7, 139, 5, 3, 283, 5, 3, 571, 7, 5, 3, 1153, 5, 3, 2311, 31, 4651, 17, 5, 13, 3, 3, 5, 3, 9343, 5, 3, 11, 3, 59, 3, 29, 3, 19, 7, 5, 3, 7, 19, 5, 3, 17, 3, 113

Offset: 1

Vladimir Shevelev, Nov 05 2009

nonn

Conjecture. All terms of the sequence are primes.

The conjecture is false: a(144)=27, a(146)=25, a(158)=45, etc., which are composite numbers. - Harvey P. Dale, Dec 05 2015

Michel Marcus, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..211
E. S. Rowland, A natural prime-generating recurrence, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 11 (2008), Article 08.2.8.
V. Shevelev, A new generator of primes based on the Rowland idea, arXiv:0910.4676 [math.NT], 2009.
V. Shevelev, Three theorems on twin primes, arXiv:0911.5478 [math.NT], 2009-2010. [From _Vladimir Shevelev_, Dec 03 2009]

Cf. A167493, A167197, A167195, A167170, A167168, A106108, A132199, A167054, A167053, A166944, A166945, A116533, A163961, A163963, A084662, A084663, A134162, A135506, A135508, A118679, A120293.

nxt[{n_,a_}]:={n+1,If[EvenQ[n],a+GCD[n+1,a],a+GCD[n-1,a]]}; DeleteCases[ Differences[ Transpose[NestList[nxt,{1,2},20000]][[2]]],1] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 05 2015 *)

lista(nn) = {my(va = vector(nn)); va[1] = 2; for (n=2, nn, va[n] = if (n%2, va[n-1] + gcd(n, va[n-1]), va[n-1] + gcd(n-2, va[n-1]));); select(x->(x!=1), vector(nn-1, n, va[n+1] - va[n]));} \\ Michel Marcus, Dec 13 2018

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A055496 a(1) = 2; a(n) is smallest prime > 2*a(n-1).

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A167053 a(1)=3; for n > 1, a(n) = 1 + a(n-1) + gcd( a(n-1)*(a(n-1)+2), A073829(a(n-1)) ).

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A167168 Sequence of prime gaps which characterize Rowland sequences of prime-generating recurrences.

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A167054 Values of A167053(k)-A167053(k-1)-1 not equal to 1.

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A167170 a(6) = 14, for n >= 7, a(n) = a(n-1) + gcd(n, a(n-1)).

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A167195 a(2)=3, for n>=3, a(n)=a(n-1)+gcd(n, a(n-1)).

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A167495 Records in A167494.

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A167197 a(6) = 7, for n >= 7, a(n) = a(n - 1) + gcd(n, a(n - 1)).

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