A242994 Numbers n such that n!3 - 3 is prime, where n!3 = n!!! is a triple factorial number (A007661).
5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 22, 28, 71, 74, 94, 119, 121, 134, 157, 200, 262, 286, 484, 1039, 1045, 1190, 1595, 1679, 1772, 1789, 2410, 2920, 5039, 7919, 10462, 11846, 23293, 26705, 30781, 43694
Offset: 1
Examples
11!3-3 = 11*8*5*2-3 = 877 is prime, so 11 is in the sequence. - _Jens Kruse Andersen_, Aug 19 2014
Links
- OpenPFGW Project, Primality Tester
- Henri & Renaud Lifchitz, PRP Records. Search for n!3-3
Programs
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Mathematica
MultiFactorial[n_, k_] := If[n < 1, 1, If[n < k + 1, n, n*MultiFactorial[n - k, k]]]; lst={};Do[If[PrimeQ[MultiFactorial[n, 3] - 3], AppendTo[lst, n]], {n, 100}];lst
Extensions
Links and crossrefs fixed by Jens Kruse Andersen, Aug 19 2014
a(35) from Robert Price, Oct 12 2014
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