A236763 Numbers n such that n^4 - n +/- 1 are twin primes.
6, 9, 13, 16, 39, 60, 79, 174, 183, 198, 295, 361, 393, 481, 540, 669, 705, 715, 765, 781, 889, 975, 1078, 1149, 1218, 1260, 1288, 1294, 1351, 1363, 1503, 1600, 1611, 1701, 1713, 1911, 2041, 2254, 2298, 2484, 2553, 2625, 2899, 2946, 2959
Offset: 1
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Examples
975^4-975+1 (903687889651) and 975^4-975-1 (903687889649) are twin primes. Thus, 975 is a member of this sequence.
Links
- Harvey P. Dale, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
Programs
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Mathematica
Select[Range[3000],AllTrue[#^4-#+{1,-1},PrimeQ]&] (* The program uses the AllTrue function from Mathematica version 10 *) (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 27 2014 *)
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PARI
s=[]; for(n=1, 3000, if(isprime(n^4-n+1)&&isprime(n^4-n-+1), s=concat(s, n))); s \\ Colin Barker, Jan 31 2014
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Python
import sympy from sympy import isprime {print(n) for n in range(10**4) if isprime(n**4-n+1) and isprime(n**4-n-1)}
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