OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Starting with 33 all terms are odd. First squares are 4, 49, 169, 361, 529, 961, 1369, 2209, 2809, 4489, ... - Zak Seidov, Feb 17 2017
LINKS
Zak Seidov, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Semiprime
MATHEMATICA
PrimeFactorExponentsAdded[n_] := Plus @@ Flatten[Table[ #[[2]], {1}] & /@ FactorInteger[n]]; Select[ Range[ 668], PrimeFactorExponentsAdded[ # ] == PrimeFactorExponentsAdded[ # + 2] == 2 &]
Select[Range[700], PrimeOmega[#]==PrimeOmega[#+2]==2&] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 20 2011 *)
SequencePosition[Table[If[PrimeOmega[n]==2, 1, 0], {n, 700}], {1, _, 1}] [[All, 1]] (* Requires Mathematica version 10 or later *) (* Harvey P. Dale, May 29 2017 *)
PROG
(PARI) is(n)=if(n%2==0, return(n==4)); bigomega(n)==2 && bigomega(n+2)==2 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Feb 21 2017
(Python)
from sympy import factorint
from itertools import count, islice
def agen(): # generator of terms
yield 4
nxt = 0
for k in count(5, 2):
prv, nxt = nxt, sum(factorint(k+2).values())
if prv == nxt == 2: yield k
print(list(islice(agen(), 53))) # Michael S. Branicky, Nov 26 2022
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Robert G. Wilson v and Zak Seidov, Feb 24 2004
STATUS
approved