A233417 a(n) = |{0 < k <= n/2: q(k)*q(n-k) + 1 is prime}|, where q(.) is the strict partition function (A000009).

0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 5, 3, 1, 5, 7, 1, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 5, 3, 6, 6, 1, 6, 8, 6, 6, 4, 7, 7, 3, 5, 5, 6, 6, 5, 5, 3, 7, 8, 7, 7, 8, 8, 6, 4, 8, 8, 5, 3, 8, 8, 5, 15, 6, 8, 3, 9, 5, 6, 7, 9, 4, 6, 8, 9, 5, 4, 7, 8, 7, 6, 10, 9, 9, 8, 6, 6, 9, 9, 7, 12, 5, 10, 7, 7, 5, 3, 8, 10, 7, 5, 9, 7, 4, 5

Offset: 1

Author

Zhi-Wei Sun, Dec 09 2013

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Conjecture: (i) a(n) > 0 for all n > 1. Similarly, for any integer n > 5, there is a positive integer k < n with q(k)*q(n-k) - 1 prime.

(ii) Let n > 1 be an integer. Then p(k) + q(n-k)^2 is prime for some 0 < k < n, where p(.) is the partition function (A000041). If n is not equal to 8, then k^3 + q(n-k)^2 is prime for some 0 < k < n.

Examples

			a(14) = 1 since q(1)*q(13) + 1 = 1*18 + 1 = 19 is prime.
a(17) = 1 since q(4)*q(13) + 1 = 2*18 + 1 = 37 is prime.
a(27) = 1 since q(13)*q(14) + 1 = 18*22 + 1 = 397 is prime.
		

Links

• Zhi-Wei Sun, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
• Z.-W. Sun, On a^n+ bn modulo m, arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.1166 [math.NT], 2013-2014.

Crossrefs

Cf. A000009, A000040, A232504, A233307, A233346, A233359, A233390, A233393.

Programs

Mathematica

a[n_]:=Sum[If[PrimeQ[PartitionsQ[k]*PartitionsQ[n-k]+1],1,0],{k,1,n/2}]
Table[a[n],{n,1,100}]