A078869 Number of n-tuples with elements in {2,4,6} which can occur as the differences between n+1 consecutive primes > n+1. (Values of a(11), ..., a(18) are conjectured to be correct, but are only known to be upper bounds.)

3, 7, 15, 26, 38, 48, 67, 92, 105, 108, 109, 118, 130, 128, 112, 80, 36, 6, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

Offset: 1

Author

Labos Elemer, Dec 19 2002

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

The ">n+1" rules out n-tuples like (2,2), which only occurs for the primes 3, 5, 7. All terms from a(19) on equal 0.

An n-tuple (a_1,a_2,...,a_n) is counted iff the partial sums 0, a_1, a_1+a_2, ..., a_1+...+a_n do not contain a complete residue system (mod p) for any prime p.

Links

• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, k-Tuple Conjecture

Crossrefs

The 26 4-tuples and 38 5-tuples are in A078868 and A078870. Cf. A001359, A008407, A029710, A031924, A022004-A022007, A078852, A078858, A078946-A078969, A020497.

Programs

Mathematica

test[tuple_] := Module[{r, sums, i, j}, r=Length[tuple]; sums=Prepend[tuple.Table[If[j>=i, 1, 0], {i, 1, r}, {j, 1, r}], 0]; For[i=1, Prime[i]<=r+1, i++, If[Length[Union[Mod[sums, Prime[i]]]]==Prime[i], Return[False]]]; True]; tuples[0]={{}}; tuples[n_] := tuples[n]=Select[Flatten[Outer[Append, tuples[n-1], {2, 4, 6}, 1], 1], test]; a[n_] := Length[tuples[n]]

Extensions

Edited by Dean Hickerson, Dec 20 2002