OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Terms are listed in the order of their appearance in sequence b.
This is a transformed version of the polynomial P(x) = 47*x^2 + 9*x - 5209 whose absolute value gives 43 distinct primes for -24 <= x <= 18, found by G. W. Fung in 1988. - Hugo Pfoertner, Dec 13 2019
REFERENCES
R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, 3rd ed., Springer, 2004 (ISBN 0-387-20860-7); see Section A17, p. 59.
Paulo Ribenboim, The Little Book of Bigger Primes, Second Edition, Springer-Verlag New York, 2004.
LINKS
Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
G. W. Fung and H. C. Williams, Quadratic polynomials which have a high density of prime values, Math. Comput. 55(191) (1990), 345-353.
Carlos Rivera, Problem 12: Prime producing polynomials, The Prime Puzzles & Problems Connection.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Prime-Generating Polynomial.
MATHEMATICA
lst={}; Do[p=47*n^2-1701*n+10181; If[PrimeQ[p], AppendTo[lst, p]], {n, 0, 5!}]; lst (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Jan 29 2009 *)
Select[Table[47n^2-1701n+10181, {n, 0, 50}], PrimeQ] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 03 2011 *)
PROG
(PARI) [n | n <- apply(m->47*m^2-1701*m+10181, [0..100]), isprime(abs(n))] \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 18 2017
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign,less
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Edited by N. J. A. Sloane, May 10 2007
Further edited by Klaus Brockhaus, Mar 20 2010
More terms (to distinguish from quadratic) from Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 18 2017
STATUS
approved