A New Primes-Generating Sequence

Abstract

For the sequence defined by \[ a(n) = n2 - n - 1(n2 - n - 1,\, b(n-3) + n\,b(n-4)) \] Where b(n) = (n+2)(b(n-1) - b(n-2)), with initial conditions b(-1) = 0 and b(0) = 1, we find that a(n) contains only 1's and primes, and can be represented as a finite continued fraction. It is more efficient for generating prime numbers than the Rowland sequence.

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