A241857 Number of primes p less than prime(n)-1, such that adding prime(n)-1 and p in binary does not require any carry.
0, 0, 2, 0, 1, 2, 6, 2, 0, 2, 0, 5, 7, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 8, 2, 9, 1, 4, 5, 11, 5, 1, 2, 4, 6, 0, 14, 16, 7, 9, 3, 4, 6, 3, 6, 3, 5, 0, 18, 8, 2, 4, 0, 4, 5, 7, 1, 6, 1, 54, 10, 15, 5, 16, 18, 7, 14, 6, 3, 10, 5, 6, 16, 2, 4, 17, 2, 1, 6, 1, 0, 15, 8, 19, 10, 6, 9
Offset: 1
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Examples
Let n=12. Prime(12)-1=37-1=36. There are only 5 primes less than 36 the adding of which with 36 does not require any carry: 2,3,11,17,19. So a(12)=5.
Links
- Peter J. C. Moses, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
Programs
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Sage
def count(x): c = 0 for y in prime_range(x): if binomial(y+x-1,y) % 2: c += 1 return c [count(i) for i in primes_first_n(100)] # - Tom Edgar, May 01 2014
Formula
For Mersenne prime(n), a(n)=0; for Fermat prime(n)>3, a(n)= n-1.
Extensions
More terms from Peter J. C. Moses, Apr 30 2014
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