A283553 Numbers k such that k![4] + 2 is prime, where k![4] = A007662(k) = quadruple factorial.
0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 27, 29, 31, 43, 53, 75, 143, 169, 185, 235, 259, 363, 365, 457, 493, 573, 777, 1273, 1275, 1865, 3621, 4523, 5291, 5845, 7185, 10183, 12845, 15057, 16281, 17945, 18771, 22479, 27235, 28089, 31557, 39163, 45709, 46329, 52211, 77779
Offset: 1
Keywords
Links
- C. Caldwell and H. Dubner (Eds): The top ten prime numbers: from the unpublished collections of R. Ondrejka (May 2001), Table 21 F, p. 75
- Ken Davis, Status of Search for Multifactorial Primes.
Programs
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Mathematica
MultiFactorial[n_, k_] := If[n < 1, 1, n*MultiFactorial[n - k, k]]; Select[Range[0, 50000], PrimeQ[MultiFactorial[#, 4] + 2] &] Select[Range[0,78000],PrimeQ[Times@@Range[#,1,-4]+2]&] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 16 2023 *)
Extensions
a(49)-a(50) from Robert Price, Aug 12 2017
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