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"Robert Israel" <israel@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > As I see it now it is not a polynomial because I am
> > using absolute value(abs) but, how many primes can be
> > added to this sequence and still maintain all (2)'s
> > in the 23rd row?
>
> I got up to 612 extending your sequence with
>
> 10177, 10559, 14303, 16097, 16547, 16603, 16633, 20249, 20327, 21017,
[SNIP lotsaprimes]
> 510049, 510241, 514271, 514289, 539113, 539303, 554821, 555677, 559219,
> 559369, 569507, 569581, 569599, 569887
>
> choosing at each step the first prime greater than the last that makes
> another 2 in the 23rd row.
>
> > At some point it must fail!
>
> Not necessarily.
Why 23? How far can you get with fewer?
Phil
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