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    Cuban Prime

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    The cuban primes, named after differences between successive cubic numbers, have the form n^3 - (n - 1)^3. The first few are 7, 19, 37, 61, 127, 271, ... (OEIS A002407), which are also the prime hex numbers. They correspond to indices n = 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 24, 25, ... (OEIS A002504; Cunningham 1912).

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