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A092925 Smallest prime of the form n(n-1)(n-2)...(n-k)-1, or 0 if no such prime exists. 5

%I #9 Dec 05 2013 19:56:45

%S 2,3,19,5,41,7,71,89,109,11,17159,13,2729,239,271,17,5813,19,419,461,

%T 72681839,23,599,19275223967999,701,11793599,811,29,929,31,

%U 415017197290314178559999,968330879,1659404761645592211554303999999

%N Smallest prime of the form n(n-1)(n-2)...(n-k)-1, or 0 if no such prime exists.

%C Conjecture: No term is zero.

%H Charles R Greathouse IV, <a href="/A092925/b092925.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 3..899</a>

%e a(13) = 13*12*11*10-1 = 17159, as 13-1,13*12-1, 13*12*11-1, are all composite.

%Y Cf. A092926, A092927, A092928.

%K nonn

%O 3,1

%A _Amarnath Murthy_, Mar 18 2004

%E More terms from _Ray Chandler_, Mar 23 2004

%E a(900) has 1576 digits and is not included in the b-file because of its size. - _Charles R Greathouse IV_, Feb 15 2011

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