A078687 Number of x>=0 such that prime(n)-2^x is prime.

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Offset: 1

Author

Benoit Cloitre, Dec 17 2002

Keywords

• nonn

Examples

			prime(17)=59 and only 59-2^3 = 53 is prime hence a(17)=1
		

Links

• T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000

Crossrefs

Cf. A156695.

Programs

Mathematica

f[p_] := Block[{c = exp = 0, lmt = 1 + Floor@ Log2@ p}, While[exp < lmt, If[ PrimeQ[p - 2^exp], c++]; exp++]; c]; Array[ f@ Prime@# &, 105] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 07 2014 *)

PARI

a(n)=sum(i=0,floor(log(prime(n))/log(2)),if(isprime(prime(n)-2^i),1,0))

Formula

a(A049084(A065381(n)))=0, a(A049084(A065380(n)))=1; A118953(n)<=a(n); a(n)=A109925(A000040(n)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 07 2006