Problems & Puzzles: Puzzles Puzzle 44.- Enoch Haga Puzzle about Consecutive Primes A. Find sets of k consecutive odd primes such that: P1 + Pk + 1 = prime Observe that when k is odd the central prime is simply ignored. Just to offer an interesting point of start, I have calculated the first elementary examples: k: primes 2 : 5 7 *** B. Now, lets add the condition that: P1 + Pk + 1 = P2 + Pk-1 + 1 = P3 + Pk-2 + 1 = the same prime In this case I have obtained solutions for k=2 to 13: k: primes (the same prime) 2 : 5 7 (the same prime = 13) *** Question to A : Find a set for k=17, 19, 21, and so on . Question to B: Find an example for k=>14 Solution Felice Russo (7/03/99) has found the least solution to k=17, 19 & 21 for Question A For k=17 the consecutive primes are:
210097 210101 210109 210113 210127 *** Felice Russo (16/04/99) wrote: *** Sudipta Das has found (12/12/2002) more solutions to Question A and the first asked solutions to Question B: For Question A: For k=22 : 16697669 16697683 16697687 16697699 16697711 16697729 16697741 16697749 16697771 16697773 16697797 16697843 16697867 16697869 16697873 16697899 16697909 16697911 16697929 16697951 16697969 16697981 ( Sudipta Das - 6/12/02 ) For k=23 : 2614133 2614159 2614163 2614169 2614177 2614181 2614193 2614211 2614219 2614223 2614237 2614279 2614301 2614303 2614307 2614327 2614333 2614351 2614361 2614363 2614369 2614373 2614393 ( Sudipta Das - 6/12/02 ) For Question B: For k=14 : 136450033 136450049 136450063 136450073 136450079 136450081 136450129 136450151 136450199 136450201 136450207 136450217 136450231 136450247 ( 272900281 ) ( Sudipta Das - 6/12/02 ) For k=15 : 1169151281 1169151293 1169151307 1169151311 1169151323 1169151337 1169151349 1169151359 1169151371 1169151383 1169151397 1169151409 1169151413 1169151427 1169151439 ( 2338302721 ) ( Sudipta Das - 6/12/02 )
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