A210480 Number of primes p

0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 6, 6, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 7, 7, 6, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 7, 6, 6, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 6, 5, 5, 3, 2, 4, 4, 6, 3, 3, 4, 4, 7, 5, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 8, 5, 7, 3, 3, 5

Offset: 1

Author

Zhi-Wei Sun, Jan 23 2013

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Conjecture: a(n)>0 for all n>3.

This is stronger than Goldbach's conjecture and the author's conjecture that any odd number greater than one is the sum of a prime and a practical number. Also, it implies that there are infinitely many primes p with p-1 and p+1 both practical.

The author has verified this new conjecture for n up to 10^7.

Examples

			a(1846)=1 since 1846=1289+557 with 1289 and 557 both prime, and 1288 and 1290 both practical.
a(15675)=1 since 15675=919+14756 with 919 prime, and 918, 920, 14756 all practical.
		

Links

• Zhi-Wei Sun, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..60000
• G. Melfi, On two conjectures about practical numbers, J. Number Theory 56 (1996) 205-210 [MR96i:11106].
• Zhi-Wei Sun, Sandwiches with primes and practical numbers, a message to Number Theory List, Jan. 13, 2013.
• Zhi-Wei Sun, Conjectures involving primes and quadratic forms, arXiv:1211.1588 [math.NT], 2012-2017.

Crossrefs

Cf. A002372, A005153, A210479, A208243, A208244, A208246, A208249, A209236, A209253, A209254, A209312, A209315, A209320.

Programs

Mathematica

f[n_]:=f[n]=FactorInteger[n]
Pow[n_, i_]:=Pow[n, i]=Part[Part[f[n], i], 1]^(Part[Part[f[n], i], 2])
Con[n_]:=Con[n]=Sum[If[Part[Part[f[n], s+1], 1]<=DivisorSigma[1, Product[Pow[n, i], {i, 1, s}]]+1, 0, 1], {s, 1, Length[f[n]]-1}]
pr[n_]:=pr[n]=n>0&&(n<3||Mod[n, 2]+Con[n]==0)
a[n_]:=a[n]=Sum[If[pr[Prime[k]-1]==True&&pr[Prime[k]+1]==True&&(PrimeQ[n-Prime[k]]==True||pr[n-Prime[k]]==True),1,0],{k,1,PrimePi[n-1]}]
Do[Print[n," ",a[n]],{n,1,100}]