A022896 Number of solutions to c(1)*prime(1) + ... + c(n)*prime(n) = 2, where c(i) = +-1 for i > 1, c(1) = 1.
1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 4, 0, 14, 0, 38, 0, 126, 0, 394, 0, 1290, 0, 4344, 0, 14846, 0, 51068, 0, 178436, 0, 634568, 0, 2261052, 0, 8067296, 0, 29031484, 0, 105251904, 0, 383580180, 0, 1404666680, 0, 5171079172, 0, 19141098744, 0, 71125205900, 0, 263549059326
Offset: 1
Keywords
Examples
a(7) counts these 2 solutions: {2, -3, -5, -7, 11, -13, 17}, {2, 3, 5, 7, -11, 13, -17}.
Links
- Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..500
Crossrefs
Programs
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Mathematica
{f, s} = {1, 2}; Table[t = Map[Prime[# + f - 1] &, Range[2, z]]; Count[Map[Apply[Plus, #] &, Map[t # &, Tuples[{-1, 1}, Length[t]]]], s - Prime[f]], {z, 22}] (* A022896, a(n) = number of solutions of "sum = s" using Prime(f) to Prime(f+n-1) *) n = 7; t = Map[Prime[# + f - 1] &, Range[n]]; Map[#[[2]] &, Select[Map[{Apply[Plus, #], #} &, Map[t # &, Map[Prepend[#, 1] &, Tuples[{-1, 1}, Length[t] - 1]]]], #[[1]] == s &]] (* the 2 solutions of using n=7 primes; Peter J. C. Moses, Oct 01 2013 *) -
PARI
A022896(n, rhs=2, firstprime=1)={rhs-=prime(firstprime); my(p=vector(n-1, i, prime(i+firstprime))); !(rhs||#p)+sum(i=1, 2^#p-1, sum(j=1, #p, (-1)^bittest(i, j-1)*p[j])==rhs)} \\ For illustrative purpose, too slow for n >> 20. - M. F. Hasler, Aug 08 2015
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PARI
a(n,s=2-prime(1),p=1)={if(n<=s,if(s==p,n==s,a(abs(n-p),s-p,precprime(p-1))+a(n+p,s-p,precprime(p-1))),if(s<=0,if(n>1,a(abs(s),sum(i=p+1,p+n-1,prime(i)),prime(p+n-1)),!s)))} \\ M. F. Hasler, Aug 09 2015
Formula
a(2n-1) = A113041(n) - A261057(n), a(2n) = 0 because there is an odd number of odd terms on the left hand side, but the right hand side is even. - M. F. Hasler, Aug 09 2015
a(n) = [x^0] Product_{k=2..n} (x^prime(k) + 1/x^prime(k)). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jan 26 2024
Extensions
Corrected and extended by Clark Kimberling, Oct 01 2013
a(23)-a(49) from Alois P. Heinz, Aug 06 2015