The series of increasing prime numbers begins: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, ... The task applies a filter to the series returning groups of ''successive'' primes, (s'primes), that differ from the next by a given value or values. '''Example 1:''' Specifying that the difference between s'primes be 2 leads to the groups: :(3, 5), (5, 7), (11, 13), (17, 19), (29, 31), ...
(Known as [[wp:Twin prime|Twin primes]] or [https://oeis.org/A077800 Prime pairs]) '''Example 2:''' Specifying more than one difference ''between'' s'primes leads to groups of size one greater than the number of differences. Differences of 2, 4 leads to the groups: :(5, 7, 11), (11, 13, 17), (17, 19, 23), (41, 43, 47), ....
In the first group 7 is two more than 5 and 11 is four more than 7; as well as 5, 7, and 11 being ''successive'' primes. Differences are checked in the order of the values given, (differences of 4, 2 would give different groups entirely). ;Task: * In each case use a list of primes less than 1_000_000 * For the following Differences show the first and last group, as well as the number of groups found: :# Differences of 2. :# Differences of 1. :# Differences of 2, 2. :# Differences of 2, 4. :# Differences of 4, 2. :# Differences of 6, 4, 2. * Show output here.
Note: Generation of a list of primes is a secondary aspect of the task. Use of a built in function, well known library, or importing/use of prime generators from other [[Sieve of Eratosthenes|Rosetta Code tasks]] is encouraged. ;references :#https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/78a1/7349819304863ae061df88dbcb26b4908f03.pdf :#https://www.primepuzzles.net/puzzles/puzz_011.htm :#https://matheplanet.de/matheplanet/nuke/html/viewtopic.php?topic=232720&start=0