Errors in A068232-A068235
Giovanni Resta
g.resta at iit.cnr.it
Mon May 29 19:19:38 CEST 2006
franktaw at netscape.net wrote:
> These are sequences of the first prime which starts a sequence of n consecutive primes
> that are congruent to a particular value mod 12.
>
> The problem is that the programs (both Mathematica and PARI) assume that a(n+1) > a(n);
> whereas in fact it is possible that a(n+1) = a(n). I haven't done a thorough check,
> but for A068232, we should have a(8) = a(7) = 7790917.
I do not see what is wrong.
The Mathematica code (not mine) indeed produces the requested repetition
a(7)=a(8)=7790917, which also appear in the sequence.
So, even if I've not checked it, I'm inclined to assume the code is correct,
since it generates the right values.
(I used a C program to extend those sequences, and I think I also checked earlier
entries).
g.
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