A339270 a(n) is the largest m such that there is no prime except prime(n) from prime(n)-m+1 to prime(n)+m.
0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 4, 3, 4, 1, 2, 1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 11, 3, 1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 5, 5, 5, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 10, 3, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 4, 6, 5, 5, 3, 4, 6, 3, 4, 8, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 3, 1, 2, 4, 7
Offset: 1
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Links
- Robert Israel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
- Abhimanyu Kumar and Anuraag Saxena, Insulated primes, arXiv:2011.14210 [math.NT], 2020. See also Notes Num. Theor. Disc. Math. (2024) Vol. 30, No. 3, 602-612.
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Maple
f:= p -> min(nextprime(p)-p-1, p-prevprime(p)): f(2):= 0: map(f@ithprime, [$1..100]); # Robert Israel, Dec 24 2020
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Mathematica
{0}~Join~Array[Min[NextPrime[# + 1] - # - 1, # - NextPrime[# - 1, -1]] &@ Prime@ # &, 91, 2] (* Michael De Vlieger, Dec 11 2020 *)
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PARI
D(p)={min(nextprime(p+1)-p-1, p-precprime(p-1))} forprime(p=2, 1000, print1(D(p), ", "))
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