A261057 Number of solutions to c(1)*prime(1)+...+c(2n-1)*prime(2n-1) = -2, where c(i) = +-1 for i > 1, c(1) = 1.

0, 0, 1, 1, 5, 13, 40, 123, 388, 1284, 4332, 14868, 51094, 178361, 634422, 2260717, 8066841, 29030051, 105247340, 383574146, 1404657053, 5171018981, 19140750300, 71124341227, 263546155710, 983417309702, 3684399940711, 13818092760075, 51937827473594, 195956606402526

Offset: 1

Author

M. F. Hasler, Aug 08 2015

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

There cannot be a solution for an even number of terms on the l.h.s. because there would be an odd number of odd terms but the r.h.s. is even.

Examples

			a(1) = a(2) = 0 because prime(1) and prime(1) +- prime(2) +- prime(3) is always different from -2.
a(3) = 1 because prime(1) - prime(2) - prime(3) - prime(4) + prime(5) = -2.
		

Links

• Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..300

Crossrefs

Cf. A261059, A261060, A261045 (starting with prime(2) - prime(4)), A261061 - A261063 and A261044 (r.h.s. = -1), A022894 - A022904, A083309, A022920 (r.h.s. = 0, 1 or 2); A113040, A113041, A113042.

Programs

Maple

s:= proc(n) option remember;
      `if`(n<2, 0, ithprime(n)+s(n-1))
    end:
b:= proc(n, i) option remember; `if`(n>s(i), 0, `if`(i=1, 1,
      b(abs(n-ithprime(i)),i-1)+b(n+ithprime(i),i-1)))
    end:
a:= n-> b(4, 2*n-1):
seq(a(n), n=1..30);  # Alois P. Heinz, Aug 08 2015

Mathematica

s[n_] := s[n] = If[n<2, 0, Prime[n]+s[n-1]]; b[n_, i_] := b[n, i] = If[n > s[i], 0, If[i == 1, 1, b[Abs[n-Prime[i]], i-1] + b[n+Prime[i], i-1]]]; a[n_] := b[4, 2*n-1];  Table[a[n], {n, 1, 30}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Nov 11 2015, after Alois P. Heinz *)

PARI

A261057(n,rhs=-2,firstprime=1)={rhs-=prime(firstprime);my(p=vector(2*n-2+bittest(rhs,0),i,prime(i+firstprime)));sum(i=1,2^#p-1,sum(j=1,#p,(-1)^bittest(i,j-1)*p[j])==rhs)} \\ For illustrative purpose; too slow for n >> 10.

PARI

a(n, s=-2-prime(1), p=1)={if(n<=s, if(s==p, n==s, a(abs(n-p), s-p, precprime(p-1))+a(n+p, s-p, precprime(p-1))), if(s<=0, a(abs(s), max(sum(i=p+1, p+=2*n-2+bittest(s,0), prime(i)),1), prime(p))))} \\ M. F. Hasler, Aug 09 2015

Formula

a(n) = A113041(n) - A022896(2n-1).

a(n) = [x^4] Product_{k=2..2*n-1} (x^prime(k) + 1/x^prime(k)). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jan 31 2024

Extensions

a(26)-a(30) from Alois P. Heinz, Jan 04 2019