A061060
Write product of first n primes as x*y with x
1, 1, 1, 1, 13, 17, 1, 41, 157, 1811, 1579, 18859, 95533, 17659, 1995293, 208303, 2396687, 58513111, 299808329, 2460653813, 3952306763, 341777053, 115405393057, 437621467859, 1009861675153, 6660853109087, 29075165225531
Offset: 1
Keywords
Examples
a(4)=1: 2*3*5*7 = 210 = 14*15, so we can take x=14, y=15, with difference of 1. Also: n=3: 2*3-5=1; n=4: 3*5-2*7=1; n=5: 5*11-2*3*7=13; n=6: 2*7*13-3*5*11=17; n=7: 5*11*13-2*3*7*17=1; n=8: 3*5*11*19-2*7*13*17=41
Links
- Max Alekseyev, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..70
- C. Aebi and G. Cairns, Partitions of primes, Parabola 45, Issue 1 (2009). - _Jonathan Sondow_, Jun 21 2012
- Carlos Rivera, Conjecture 18. Minimal Primorial Partitions, The Prime Puzzles & Problems Connection.
Crossrefs
Programs
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Maple
A061060aux := proc(l1,l2) local resul ; resul := product(l1[i],i=1..nops(l1)) ; resul := resul-product(l2[i],i=1..nops(l2)) ; RETURN(abs(resul)) ; end: A061060 := proc(n) local plist,i,subl,resul,j,l1,l2,k,d ; plist := [] ; resul := 1 ; for i from 1 to n do resul := resul*ithprime(i) ; plist := [op(plist), ithprime(i)] ; od; for i from 1 to n/2 do subl := combinat[choose](plist,i) ; for j from 1 to nops(subl) do l1 := op(j,subl) ; l2 := convert(plist,set) minus convert(l1,set) ; d := A061060aux(l1,l2) ; if d < resul then resul := d ; fi ; od; od ; RETURN(resul) ; end: for n from 3 to 19 do printf("%d,",A061060(n)) ; od ; # R. J. Mathar, Aug 26 2006 [This Maple program was attached to A121315. However I think it belongs here, so I renamed the variables and moved it to this entry. - N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 16 2005]
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Mathematica
(* first do *) Needs["DiscreteMath`Combinatorica`"] (* then *) f[n_] := Block[{arrayofnprimes = Array[Prime, n], primorial = Times @@ Array[Prime, n], diffmin = Infinity, adiff, sub}, If[n == 1, 1, Do[sub = Times @@ NthSubset[i, arrayofnprimes]; adiff = Abs[primorial/sub - sub]; If[adiff < diffmin, diffmin = adiff], {i, 2, 2^n/2}]; diffmin]]; Do[ Print@f@n, {n, 30}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Sep 14 2006 *)
Formula
Conjecture: Limit_{N->oo} (Sum_{n=1..N} log(a(n))) / (Sum_{n=1..N} prime(n)) = 1/e (A068985). - Alain Rocchelli, Nov 13 2023
Extensions
Terms a(16)-a(45) in b-file computed by Jud McCranie, Apr 15 2000; Jan 12 2016
a(46)-a(60) in b-file from Don Reble, Jul 11 2020
a(61)-a(70) in b-file from Max Alekseyev, Apr 20 2022