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A181969 Prime-generating polynomial: 16*n^2 - 292*n + 1373. 2

%I #38 Sep 08 2022 08:45:54

%S 1373,1097,853,641,461,313,197,113,61,41,53,97,173,281,421,593,797,

%T 1033,1301,1601,1933,2297,2693,3121,3581,4073,4597,5153,5741,6361,

%U 7013,7697,8413,9161,9941,10753,11597,12473,13381,14321,15293,16297,17333,18401

%N Prime-generating polynomial: 16*n^2 - 292*n + 1373.

%C The polynomial generates 31 primes in row starting from n=0.

%C The polynomial 16*n^2 - 668*n + 7013 generates the same primes in reverse order.

%C Note: all the polynomials of the form p^2*n^2 +- p*n + 41, p^2*n^2 +- 3*p*n + 43, p^2*n^2 +- 5*p*n + 47, ..., p^2*n^2 +- (2k+1)*p*n + q, ..., p^2*n^2 +- 79*p*n + 1601, where q is a (prime) term of the Euler polynomial q = k^2 + k + 41, from k=0 to k=39, have their discriminant equal to -163*p^2; the demonstration is easy: the discriminant is equal to b^2 - 4ac = (2k+1)^2*p^2 - 4*q*p^2 = - p^2 ((2k+1)^2 - 4q) = - p^2*(4k^2 + 4k + 1 - 4k^2 - 4k - 164) = -163*p^2.

%C Observation: many of the polynomials formed this way have the capacity to generate many primes in row. Examples:

%C 9n^2 + 3n + 41 generates 27 primes in row starting from n=0 (and 40 primes for n = n-13);

%C 9n^2 - 237n + 1601 generates 27 primes in row starting from n=0;

%C 16n^2 + 4n + 41 generates, for n = n-21 (that is 16n^2 - 668n + 7013) 31 primes in row.

%H Bruno Berselli, <a href="/A181969/b181969.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000</a>

%H M. Coman, <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marius_Coman/publication/277912540">Ten prime-generating quadratic polynomials</a>, Preprint 2015.

%H Factor Database, <a href="http://www.factorization.ath.cx/index.php?query=16*n%5E2+-+292*n+%2B+1373&amp;use=n&amp;n=0&amp;VP=on&amp;VC=on&amp;EV=on&amp;OD=on&amp;PR=on&amp;FF=on&amp;PRP=on&amp;CF=on&amp;U=on&amp;C=on&amp;perpage=50&amp;format=1">Factorizations of 16n^2-292n+1373</a>.

%H <a href="/index/Rec#order_03">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (3,-3,1).

%F G.f.: (1373-3022*x+1681*x^2)/(1-x)^3. - _Bruno Berselli_, Apr 06 2012

%t Table[16*n^2 - 292*n + 1373, {n, 0, 50}] (* _T. D. Noe_, Apr 04 2012 *)

%o (Magma) [n^2-73*n+1373: n in [0..172 by 4]]; // _Bruno Berselli_, Apr 06 2012

%o (PARI) a(n)=16*n^2-292*n+1373 \\ _Charles R Greathouse IV_, Jun 17 2017

%K nonn,easy

%O 0,1

%A _Marius Coman_, Apr 04 2012

%E Offset changed from 1 to 0 by _Bruno Berselli_, Apr 06 2012

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