A220431 Number of ways to write n=x+y (x>0, y>0) with 3x-1, 3x+1 and xy-1 all prime.
0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 6, 1, 3, 6, 4, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 7, 1, 2, 5, 1, 5, 7, 4, 2, 3, 7, 4, 7, 2, 4, 7, 4, 4, 5, 2, 5, 8, 4, 3, 3, 5, 2, 8, 5, 4, 3, 10, 7, 8, 2, 3, 5, 5, 3, 6, 3, 3, 14, 4, 3, 12, 3, 7, 7, 5, 6, 8, 7, 5, 9, 9, 4, 4, 3, 6, 10, 8
Offset: 1
Keywords
A227909 Number of ways to write 2*n = p + q with p, q and (p-1)*(q+1) - 1 all prime.
0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 1, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 5, 3, 1, 5, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4, 7, 4, 4, 2, 1, 4, 9, 2, 4, 11, 4, 2, 6, 2, 6, 11, 6, 4, 3, 3, 5, 6, 4, 3, 6, 2, 4, 10, 3, 10, 12, 7, 1, 6, 6, 5, 11, 4, 5, 6, 4, 3, 11, 2, 10, 13, 4, 6, 5, 2, 14, 13, 2, 2, 5, 5, 9, 15, 5, 3, 7, 8, 5, 3, 5, 7, 15, 3, 1, 8, 5, 7, 11, 4
Offset: 1
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Comments
Conjecture: a(n) > 0 for all n > 1.
This is stronger than Goldbach's conjecture for even numbers. It also implies A. Murthy's conjecture (cf. A109909) for even numbers.
We have verified the conjecture for n up to 2*10^7.
Conjecture verified for n up to 10^9. - Mauro Fiorentini, Jul 26 2023
Examples
a(6) = 1 since 2*6 = 5 + 7, and (5-1)*(7+1)-1 = 31 is prime. a(10) = 1 since 2*10 = 7 + 13, and (7-1)*(13+1)-1 = 83 is prime. a(20) = 1 since 2*20 = 17 + 23, and (17-1)*(23+1)-1 = 383 is prime.
Links
- Zhi-Wei Sun, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
- Zhi-Wei Sun, Conjectures involving primes and quadratic forms, preprint, arXiv:1211.1588 [math.NT], 2012-2017.
Programs
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Mathematica
a[n_]:=Sum[If[PrimeQ[2n-Prime[i]]&&PrimeQ[(Prime[i]-1)(2n-Prime[i]+1)-1],1,0],{i,1,PrimePi[2n-2]}] Table[a[n],{n,1,100}]
A230241 Number of ways to write n = p + q with p, 3*p - 10 and (p-1)*q - 1 all prime, where q is a positive integer.
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 1, 4, 5, 1, 6, 2, 3, 6, 3, 1, 2, 6, 2, 3, 7, 3, 6, 4, 2, 4, 2, 5, 6, 1, 2, 6, 5, 4, 6, 8, 3, 5, 10, 3, 6, 6, 2, 9, 4, 2, 4, 6, 3, 4, 11, 1, 6, 7, 2, 9, 7, 3, 5, 8, 5, 9, 6, 4, 3, 6, 3, 6, 4, 3, 10, 9, 2, 13, 2, 5, 8, 10, 3, 3, 11, 1, 10, 11, 3, 9, 4, 6, 11
Offset: 1
Keywords
Comments
Conjecture: a(n) > 0 for all n > 5.
This implies A. Murthy's conjecture mentioned in A109909.
We have verified the conjecture for n up to 10^8.
Conjecture verified for n up to 10^9. - Mauro Fiorentini, Jul 29 2023
Examples
a(9) = 1 since 9 = 7 + 2 with 7, 3*7-10 = 11, (7-1)*2-1 = 11 all prime. a(27) = 1 since 27 = 13 + 14, and the three numbers 13, 3*13-10 = 29, (13-1)*14-1 = 167 are prime.
Links
- Zhi-Wei Sun, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
- Zhi-Wei Sun, Conjectures involving primes and quadratic forms, preprint, arXiv:1211.1588 [math.NT], 2012-2017.
Programs
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Mathematica
a[n_]:=Sum[If[PrimeQ[3Prime[i]-10]&&PrimeQ[(Prime[i]-1)(n-Prime[i])-1],1,0],{i,1,PrimePi[n-1]}] Table[a[n],{n,1,100}]
A109907 Beginning with 7, a(n+1) = greatest prime of the form k*{a(n)-k}-1. If no prime is obtained the sequence ends at that point.
7, 11, 29, 197, 9689, 23469167, 137700449916401, 4740353476794815041972197893, 5617737771240172767652929826457529708578746492288409399, 7889744416604625924469156192031986939513870147397674409917489724005347434748024264638497225986334149357868007
Offset: 0
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Conjecture: The sequence is infinite.
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PARI
{ b(n) = forstep(k=n\2,1,-1,if(isprime(k*(n-k)-1),return(k*(n-k)-1)));return(0) } my(s=7); while(1,print1(s,", ");s=b(s)) \\ Max Alekseyev, Oct 04 2005
Extensions
More terms from Max Alekseyev, Oct 04 2005
A109908 a(n) = greatest prime of the form k*(n-k)-1, or 0 if no such prime exists.
0, 0, 0, 3, 5, 7, 11, 11, 19, 23, 29, 31, 41, 47, 53, 59, 71, 79, 89, 83, 109, 71, 131, 139, 149, 167, 181, 191, 197, 223, 239, 251, 271, 263, 293, 307, 311, 359, 379, 383, 419, 439, 461, 479, 503, 503, 521, 571, 599, 599, 647, 659, 701, 727, 743, 719, 811, 839
Offset: 1
Comments
Conjecture: a(n) > 0 for n > 3.
Conjecture verified up to 10^9. - Mauro Fiorentini, Jul 23 2023
Programs
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PARI
{ a(n)=forstep(k=n\2,1,-1,if(isprime(k*(n-k)-1),return(k*(n-k)-1)));return(0) } \\ Max Alekseyev, Oct 04 2005
Extensions
More terms from Max Alekseyev, Oct 04 2005
Definition corrected by David Wasserman, Oct 28 2008
A231633 Number of ways to write n = x + y (x, y > 0) with x^2 * y - 1 prime.
0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 1, 3, 2, 5, 2, 4, 2, 7, 2, 5, 3, 5, 3, 10, 4, 5, 3, 8, 3, 14, 6, 5, 4, 11, 5, 11, 3, 11, 9, 4, 5, 10, 5, 11, 9, 12, 3, 19, 7, 11, 6, 12, 9, 11, 7, 17, 7, 13, 5, 22, 3, 3, 15, 16, 5, 25, 4, 9, 11, 13, 5, 19, 6, 22, 6, 11, 6, 39, 6, 24, 7, 7, 6, 25, 8, 21, 11, 24, 7, 31, 7, 19, 11, 33, 10, 14, 8, 15, 27, 18, 9, 21, 4, 27, 9
Offset: 1
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Comments
Conjectures:
(i) a(n) > 0 for all n > 2. Also, any integer n > 4 can be written as x + y (x, y > 0) with x^2 * y + 1 prime.
(ii) Each n = 2, 3, ... can be expressed as x + y (x, y > 0) with (x*y)^2 + x*y + 1 prime.
(iii) Also, any integer n > 2 can be written as x + y (x, y > 0) with 2*(x*y)^2 - 1 (or (x*y)^2 + x*y - 1) prime.
From Mauro Fiorentini, Jul 31 2023: (Start)
Both parts of conjecture (i) verified for n up to 10^9.
Conjecture (ii) and both parts of conjecture (iii) verified for n up to 10^7. (End)
Examples
a(6) = 1 since 6 = 4 + 2 with 4^2*2 - 1 = 31 prime.
Links
- Zhi-Wei Sun, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Crossrefs
Programs
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Mathematica
a[n_]:=Sum[If[PrimeQ[x^2*(n-x)-1],1,0],{x,1,n-1}] Table[a[n],{n,1,100}]
A231635 Number of ways to write n = x + y with 0 < x <= y such that lcm(x, y) + 1 is prime.
0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1, 4, 2, 6, 1, 3, 2, 8, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 7, 5, 6, 2, 3, 2, 8, 5, 10, 6, 3, 1, 8, 3, 9, 4, 4, 4, 14, 6, 16, 7, 7, 2, 12, 6, 8, 4, 5, 5, 21, 5, 8, 6, 4, 8, 11, 7, 12, 5, 6, 4, 10, 8, 22, 6, 10, 6, 17, 9, 23, 7, 11, 12, 18, 10, 19, 10, 10, 7, 23, 8, 15, 4, 7, 8, 14, 11, 19, 9, 2, 4, 11, 10, 35, 6, 10, 10
Offset: 1
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Comments
Conjecture: (i) a(n) > 0 for all n > 1. Also, any integer n > 3 can be written as x + y (x, y > 0) with lcm(x, y) - 1 prime.
(ii) Each n = 2, 3, ... can be expressed as x + y (x, y > 0) with lcm(x, y)^2 + lcm(x, y) + 1 prime. Also, any integer n > 1 not equal to 10 can be written as x + y (x, y > 0) with lcm(x, y)^2 + 1 prime.
From Mauro Fiorentini, Aug 02 2023: (Start)
Both parts of conjecture (i) verified for n up to 10^9.
Both parts of conjecture (ii) verified for n up to 10^6. (End)
Examples
a(9) = 1 since 9 = 3 + 6 with lcm(3, 6) + 1 = 7 prime. a(10) = 1 since 10 = 4 + 6 with lcm(4, 6) + 1 = 13 prime.
Links
- Zhi-Wei Sun, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Programs
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Mathematica
a[n_]:=Sum[If[PrimeQ[LCM[x,n-x]+1],1,0],{x,1,n/2}] Table[a[n],{n,1,100}]
A335984 Numbers m such that more than half the distinct positive terms of the sequence -k^2 + m*k - 1 are primes.
4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 19, 21, 31, 33, 39, 49, 51, 81, 99, 101, 123, 129, 159, 171, 177, 189, 231, 291, 441, 879, 1011, 2751
Offset: 1
Comments
Numbers m such that more than half the distinct terms in row m-2 of the triangular array A059036 are prime.
All positive terms of the sequence are prime for m = 1, 2, 4, 5, 9 and 21.
There are no more terms below 200000. - Pontus von Brömssen, Jul 06 2020
Numbers m such that A109909(m) > m/4. - Pontus von Brömssen, May 09 2021
Examples
7 is in the sequence because with g(k) = -k^2+7*k-1, the positive terms of the sequence g(k) are 5=g(1), 9=g(2) and 11=g(3), and two out of the three (5 and 9) are prime.
Programs
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Maple
filter:= n -> nops(select(isprime, [seq(n*x-x^2-1,x=1..n/2)])) > 1/2*floor(n/2): select(filter, [$1..10000]);
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