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A370831 Alternating sum of composites.

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%I A370831 #18 Mar 28 2024 23:40:56
%S A370831 4,2,6,3,7,5,9,6,10,8,12,9,13,11,14,12,15,13,17,15,18,16,19,17,21,18,
%T A370831 22,20,24,21,25,23,26,24,27,25,29,26,30,27,31,29,33,30,34,31,35,33,36,
%U A370831 34,38,36,39,37,40,38,42,39,43,41,44,42,45,43,47,44,48,45,49,46
%N A370831 Alternating sum of composites.
%C A370831 Unlike equivalent sequence for primes, A008347, there are repeated terms.
%F A370831 a(n) = A002808(n) - a(n-1), for n>1.
%e A370831 a(4) = 9 - 8 + 6 - 4 = 3.
%t A370831 Join[{4},a[1]=4;a[n_]:=ResourceFunction["Composite"][n] - a[n-1];Table[a[n],{n,2,70}]] (* or with signs *) R=70;a[1]=4;a[n_]:=a[n-1]-ResourceFunction["Composite"][n] *(-1)^n;Table[a[n],{n,70}]
%Y A370831 Cf. A002808, A008347.
%K A370831 nonn
%O A370831 1,1
%A A370831 _James C. McMahon_, Mar 02 2024