A373888 a(n) is the length of the longest arithmetic progression of primes ending with prime(n).
1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 3, 2, 4, 4, 3, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 5, 5, 3, 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 6, 4, 5, 4, 4, 3, 4, 6, 5, 4
Offset: 1
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Examples
a(4) = 3 because the 4th prime is 7 and there is an arithmetic progression of 3 primes ending in 7, namely 3, 5, 7, and no such arithmetic progression of 4 primes.
Links
- Robert Israel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
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Maple
f:= proc(n) local s,i,m,d,j; m:= 1; s:= ithprime(n); for i from n-1 to 1 by -1 do d:= s - ithprime(i); if s - m*d < 2 then return m fi; for j from 2 while isprime(s-j*d) do od; m:= max(m, j); od; m end proc: map(f, [$1..100]);
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