A275115 Least prime of the form x^2 + n*y^2 with x>0 and y>0.

2, 3, 7, 5, 29, 7, 11, 17, 13, 11, 47, 13, 17, 23, 19, 17, 53, 19, 23, 29, 37, 23, 59, 73, 29, 107, 31, 29, 173, 31, 47, 41, 37, 43, 71, 37, 41, 47, 43, 41, 173, 43, 47, 53, 61, 47, 83, 73, 53, 59, 67, 53, 89, 79, 59, 137, 61, 59, 317, 61, 97, 71, 67, 73, 101, 67, 71, 149, 73, 71

Offset: 1

Author

Zak Seidov and Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 17 2016

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Neither x nor y can be zero because the remaining part of the form would then be composite.

a(n) > n.

The differences, d, between a(n) and n are 1, 4, 9, 16, 24, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100, 121, 132, 144, 169, 196, 225, 256, 258, 289, 324, 361, 400, 441, ..., .

Not all 'd's are squares, such as 24, 132, 258, 1032, 1167, 1518, 2103, 2472, 2652, 2706, 5793. It is conjectured that this list is complete.

d=1 for A006093;

d=4 for A172367;

d=9 for n: 8, 14, 20, 32, 34, 38, 44, 50, 62, 64, 74, 80, 92, 94, 98, 104, 118, 122, 128, 140, 142, 154, 158, ..., ;

d=16 for n: 21, 31, 45, 51, 73, 81, 87, 91, 111, 115, 121, 141, 151, 157, 165, 181, 183, 211, 213, 217, 241, ..., ;

d=25 for n: 48, 54, 76, 84, 114, 124, 132, 168, 174, 186, 204, 208, 216, 244, 246, 252, 258, 286, 288, 324, ..., ;

d=36 for n: 11, 17, 23, 35, 47, 53, 61, 65, 71, 77, 95, 101, 113, 131, 137, 143, 155, 161, 191, 197, 203, 205, ..., ;

d=49 for n: 24, 90, 144, 234, 264, 300, 318, 360, 390, 450, 472, 492, 528, 550, 558, 564, 624, 670, 678, 712, ..., ;

and for the nonsquare differences of 24, 132, 258, 1032, 1167, 1518, 2103, 2472, 2652, 2706 and 5793l, their n's are 5, 41, 59, 341, 314, 479, 626, 749, 881, 755 and 1784, respectively.

Least n that has as its difference k^2: 1, 3, 8, 21, 48, 11, 24, 117, 26, 139, 120, 29, 294, 201, 134, 621, 468, 179, 792, 1269, 356, 1249, 754, 251, 696, ..., .

Examples

			a(1) = 2 since it equals 1^2+1*1^2;
a(2) = 3 since it equals 1^2+2*1^2;
a(3) = 7 since it equals 2^2+3*1^2;
a(4) = 5 since it equals 1^2+4*1^2;
a(5) = 29 since it equals 3^2+5*2^2; etc.
		

Links

• Charles R Greathouse IV, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
• Zak Seidov, First ten primes of the form x^2+n*y^2 with x>=0, y>=0, n=1..1000.

Crossrefs

Cf. A002350, A232174, A212602, A212603, A212604, A212605, A244030, A244031, A006093, A172367.

Programs

Mathematica

f[n_] := Block[{p = NextPrime@ n, y}, While[y = 1; While[p > n*y^2 && !IntegerQ[ Sqrt[p - n*y^2]], y++]; !IntegerQ[ Sqrt[p - n*y^2]], p = NextPrime@ p]; p]; Array[f, 70]

PARI

a(n)=if(n==1, return(2)); my(best,x=1+n%2,t); while(!isprime(best=x^2+n), x += 2); for(y=2,sqrtint((best-2)\n), t=best-n*y^2; if(t<1, return(best)); for(x=1,sqrtint(t), if(isprime(t=x^2+n*y^2) && tCharles R Greathouse IV, Jul 17 2016

Formula

a(n-1) = n iff n is prime.