A238766 Number of ordered ways to write n = k + m (k > 0 and m > 0) such that prime(prime(k)) - prime(k) + 1, prime(prime(2*k+1)) - prime(2*k+1) + 1 and prime(prime(m)) - prime(m) + 1 are all prime.

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 4, 1, 4, 3, 4, 6, 3, 6, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 2, 6, 4, 4, 5, 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 6, 5, 2, 6, 3, 4, 6, 1, 3, 3, 6, 4, 6, 6, 4, 4, 5, 5, 1, 5, 3, 3, 6, 5, 6, 4, 7, 6, 8, 6, 8, 3, 9, 8, 9, 10, 8, 11, 6, 10, 10, 4, 5, 4

Offset: 1

Author

Zhi-Wei Sun, Mar 05 2014

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Conjecture: a(n) > 0 for all n > 1, and a(n) = 1 only for n = 2, 3, 11, 44, 55, 149, 371.

This suggests that there are infinitely many prime pairs {p, q} with 2*pi(p) + 1 = pi(q) such that prime(p) - p + 1 and prime(q) - q + 1 are both prime.

Examples

			a(3) = 1 since 3 = 1 + 2 with prime(prime(1)) - prime(1) + 1 = prime(2) - 2 + 1 = 2, prime(prime(2*1+1)) - prime(2*1+1) + 1 = prime(5) - 5 + 1 = 7 and prime(prime(2)) - prime(2) + 1 = prime(3) - 3 + 1 = 3 all prime.
a(371) = 1 since 371 = 66 + 305 with prime(prime(66)) - prime(66) + 1 = prime(317) - 317 + 1 = 2099 - 316 = 1783, prime(prime(2*66+1)) - prime(2*66+1) + 1 = prime(751) - 751 + 1 = 5701 - 750 = 4951 and prime(prime(305)) - prime(305) + 1 = prime(2011) - 2011 + 1 = 17483 - 2010 = 15473 all prime.
		

Links

• Zhi-Wei Sun, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
• Zhi-Wei Sun, Problems on combinatorial properties of primes, arXiv:1402.6641, 2014.

Crossrefs

Cf. A000040, A234694, A234695, A235189, A236832, A238134, A238756, A238776.

Programs

Mathematica

pq[k_]:=PrimeQ[Prime[Prime[k]]-Prime[k]+1]
a[n_]:=Sum[If[pq[k]&&pq[2k+1]&&pq[n-k],1,0],{k,1,n-1}]
Table[a[n],{n,1,80}]