Problem 49783. List the good primes

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The mth prime  is classified as “good” if  for . For example, 5 is a good prime because  is greater than  and , but 7 is not because . 
Write a function to list the first n good primes. 

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Jean-Marie Sainthillier on 23 Nov 2021

In the description, k>=1

ChrisR on 20 Dec 2021

Thanks--fixed.

Christian Schröder on 25 Mar 2023

Why is 2 not a good prime? With m = 1, it trivially holds that p_m^2 > p_{m-k} p_{m+k} for all 1 \le k \le m-1 since this is in fact an empty statement then.

ChrisR on 28 Mar 2023

It's not included in the lists I've seen probably because there is no zeroth prime.

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