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A092581 a(n) is the least prime such that a(n-1) is a quadratic non-residue of a(n). +0
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2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 19, 23, 31, 37, 43, 47, 59, 61, 67, 71, 79, 83, 89, 101, 103, 107, 109, 127, 131, 137, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167, 179, 181, 191, 199, 227, 229, 239, 251, 257, 263, 271, 277, 283, 307, 311, 331, 347, 349, 359, 367, 373, 379, 383, 409, 431, 439 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

REFERENCES

Paulo Ribenboim, "The Little Book of Big Primes", Springer-Verlag, 1991, p. 28.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..1000

FORMULA

"If p>2 does not divide a and if there exists an integer b such that a is congruent to b^2 (mod p), then a is called a quadratic residue modulo p; otherwise, it is a nonquadratic residue modulo p". (p. 28, Ribenboim)

MATHEMATICA

first Needs[ "NumberTheory`NumberTheoryFunctions`" ] then f[n_] := Block[{k = PrimePi[n] + 1}, While[ JacobiSymbol[n, Prime[k]] == 1, k++ ]; Prime[k]]; NestList[f, 2, 56] (from Robert G. Wilson v Mar 16 2004)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A034794.

Sequence in context: A106639 A078334 A108696 this_sequence A130807 A030145 A020588

Adjacent sequences: A092578 A092579 A092580 this_sequence A092582 A092583 A092584

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Feb 29 2004

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Mar 16 2004

a(17) corrected by T. D. Noe, Aug 28 2007

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