OFFSET
0,1
LINKS
Ivan Panchenko, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
FORMULA
8-spoke wheel overlays prime number spiral; hub is 2 in shell 0; 8 spokes radiate from this hub; this is West, clockwise.
EXAMPLE
Begin a prime number spiral at shell 0 (prime 2), proceed clockwise, West.
From Omar E. Pol, Feb 19 2022: (Start)
The spiral with four terms in every spoke looks like this:
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227 101--103--107--109--113--127
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223 97 29---31---37---41 131
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211 89 23 3----5 43 137
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199 83 19 2 7 47 139
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197 79 17---13---11 53 149
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193 73---71---67---61---59 151
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191--181--179--173--167--163--157
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(End)
MATHEMATICA
Table[ Prime[4n^2 + 3n + 1], {n, 0, 40} ]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Enoch Haga and G. L. Honaker, Jr., Apr 10 2000
EXTENSIONS
Edited by Frank Ellermann, Feb 24 2002
STATUS
approved