A330496 Squared area of quadrilateral with sides prime(n), prime(n+1), prime(n+2), prime(n+3) of odd primes configured as a cyclic quadrilateral. Sequence index starts at n=2 to omit the even prime.

960, 5005, 17017, 46189, 96577, 212625, 394240, 765049, 1361920, 2027025, 3065857, 4385745, 6314112, 8973909, 12780049, 17116960, 21191625, 27428544, 33980800, 42600829, 56581525, 72382464, 89835424, 107972737, 121330189, 135745657, 167244385, 204917929

Offset: 2

Author

Frank M Jackson, Dec 16 2019

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

If a, b, c, d are consecutive odd primes configured as a cyclic quadrilateral, then Brahmagupta's formula K = sqrt((a+b+c-d)(a+b-c+d)(a-b+c+d)(-a+b+c+d))/16 means that K^2 will always be an integer. The only cyclic quadrilateral with consecutive prime sides starting with side 2 has a rational squared area of 3003/16.

Examples

			a(2)=960 because cyclic quadrilateral with sides 3,5,7,11 has squared area = (3+5+7-11)(3+5-7+11)(3-5+7+11)(-3+5+7+11)/16 = 960.
		

Links

• Wikipedia, Cyclic quadrilateral.

Crossrefs

Cf. A131019, A330096.

Programs

Mathematica

lst = {}; Do[{a, b, c, d} = {Prime[n], Prime[n+1], Prime[n+2], Prime[n+3]}; A2=(a+b+c-d)(a+b-c+d)(a-b+c+d)(-a+b+c+d)/16; AppendTo[lst, A2], {n, 1, 100}]; lst

Formula

Area K of a cyclic quadrilateral with sides a, b, c, d is given by Brahmagupta's formula K = sqrt((s-a)(s-b)(s-c)(s-d)) where s = (a+b+c+d)/2.