OFFSET
2,12
FORMULA
EXAMPLE
n=13, 2n=26 surrounded by 23 and 29 which are from 26 in equal distance of 3 and min{3,3}=3=a(13).
MAPLE
with(numtheory): [seq(min(nextprime(2*i)-2*i, 2*i-prevprime(2*i)), i=2...256)];
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := Min[NextPrime[2*n] - 2*n, 2*n - NextPrime[2*n, -1]]; Array[a, 100, 2] (* Amiram Eldar, Sep 16 2020 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = min(2*n - precprime(2*n-1), nextprime(2*n+1) - 2*n); \\ Michel Marcus, Sep 16 2020
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Labos Elemer, Mar 23 2001
STATUS
approved