OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
This is the sequence denoted by P_i in van Lint's solution to problem 5412 posed by P. Erdős (Amer. Math. Monthly, 74 (1967) p. 874), used to compute the sequence A002038 related to the same problem. The next term, A002037(6), has 301 digits. - M. F. Hasler, Jan 02 2013
REFERENCES
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
H. P. Robinson and N. J. A. Sloane, Correspondence, 1971-1972
J. H. van Lint, Solution to problem 5412, Amer. Math. Monthly 74 no.7 (1967), pp. 874-875.
PROG
(PARI) A002037(i)=prod(j=1, primepi(3^i), prime(j)) \\ M. F. Hasler, Jan 02 2013
(PARI) {print1(P=L=1); for(i=1, 6, forprime(p=L+1, L*=3, P*=p); print1(", "P))} \\ M. F. Hasler, Jan 02 2013
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Better definition and one more term from M. F. Hasler, Jan 02 2013
STATUS
approved