For odd rows:
a(1, k) = a(1, k-1) - a(1, k-2)
a(2, k) = a(1, k-1) + [ a(2, k-1) - a(2, k-2) ]
a(3, k) = a(2, k-1) + [ a(3, k-1) - a(3, k-2) ]
...
a((k-1)/2, k) = a((k-3)/2, k-1) + [ a((k-1)/2, k-1) - a((k-1)/2, k-2) ]
a((k+1)/2, k) = Prime(k) - 2
and a((k-1)/2, k-1) = Prime(k-1) - 2
a((k-1)/2, k-2) = Prime(k-2) - 2
For even rows:
a(1, k) = a(1, k-1) + [ a(2, k-1) - a(1, k-2) ]
a(2, k) = a(2, k-1) + [ a(3, k-1) - a(2, k-2) ]
a(3, k) = a(3, k-1) + [ a(4, k-1) - a(3, k-2) ]
...
a((k-2)/2, k) = a((k-2)/2, k-1) + [ a(k/2, k-1) - a((k-2)/2, k-2) ]
a(k/2, k) = Prime(k) - 2
and a(k/2, k-1) = Prime(k-1) - 2
a((k-2)/2, k-2) = Prime(k-2) - 2
The recurrent prime formulas for odd and even rows are the following : prime(k_odd) =
A000040(k_odd) =
A115298(k) + Sum_{n=1..(k-3)/2} [ a(n,k-2) -2*a(n,k-1) ] +
A000040(k-2) -
A000040(k-1) +2; prime(k_even) =
A000040(k_even) =
A115298(k) + Sum_{n=1..(k-2)/2} [ a(n,k-2) -a((k-2)/2,k-2) -2*a(n,k-1) +a(1,k-1) ] +
A000040(k-2) -
A000040(k-1) + 2