A274004 First differences of A002960.

3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12, 12, 13, 13, 14, 14, 15, 15, 16, 17, 17, 18, 18, 19, 19, 20, 20, 21, 21, 22, 22, 23, 23, 24, 24, 25, 25, 26, 26, 27, 27, 28, 28, 29, 29, 30, 30, 31, 31, 32, 33, 33, 34, 34, 35, 35

Offset: 1

Author

Alisa Ediger, Jun 06 2016

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

The squared sieve sequence (A002960) increases by one, beginning with three, every two integers except a difference of 2^n appears only once. This is the sequence of first differences. This has not yet been proven in the general case.

Crossrefs

Cf. A002960, A274089.

Programs

Mathematica

Rest@ Differences@ Map[First, NestWhileList[Function[w, {First@ #, Rest@ #} &@ Delete[Last@ w, #] &@ Map[{#} &, Reverse@ Range[Floor@ Sqrt@ Length[Last@ w]]^2]], {0, Range@ 1200}, Length@ Last@ # > 1 &]] (* Michael De Vlieger, Aug 10 2016 *)

Formula

Conjecture: a(n) = A274089(n+2). - Omar E. Pol, Aug 10 2016