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A002121 a(0) = 1, a(1) = 0, a(2) = -1; for n >= 3, a(n) = - a(n-2) + Sum_{ primes p with 3 <= p <= n} a(n-p).
(Formerly M0023 N0005)
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%I M0023 N0005 #26 Oct 14 2023 22:35:18

%S 1,0,-1,1,1,-1,0,2,0,-2,2,4,-3,-2,8,1,-8,8,12,-11,-4,25,4,-24,21,40,

%T -31,-16,82,14,-81,71,131,-99,-48,258,46,-249,223,422,-303,-162,825,

%U 169,-791,714,1360,-955,-503,2641,573,-2479,2263,4365,-2941,-1592,8436,1978,-7830,7212,14083,-9133,-4992,26970,6688,-24590

%N a(0) = 1, a(1) = 0, a(2) = -1; for n >= 3, a(n) = - a(n-2) + Sum_{ primes p with 3 <= p <= n} a(n-p).

%C Arises in studying the Goldbach conjecture.

%C The last negative term appears to be a(303). - _T. D. Noe_, Dec 05 2006

%D N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).

%D N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

%H T. D. Noe, <a href="/A002121/b002121.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000</a>

%H P. A. MacMahon, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1112/plms/s2-23.1.290">Properties of prime numbers deduced from the calculus of symmetric functions</a>, Proc. London Math. Soc., 23 (1923), 290-316. = Coll. Papers, II, pp. 354-380. [The sequence g_n]

%H <a href="/index/Go#Goldbach">Index entries for sequences related to Goldbach conjecture</a>

%F G.f.: 1/(1+Sum_{k>0} (-x)^prime(k)). - _Vladeta Jovovic_, Mar 29 2003

%t CoefficientList[Series[1/(1+Sum[(-x)^Prime[k],{k,20}]),{x,0,70}],x] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Aug 26 2020 *)

%o (Haskell)

%o import Data.List (genericIndex)

%o a002121 n = genericIndex a002121_list n

%o a002121_list = 1 : 0 : -1 : f 0 (-1) 3 where

%o f v w x = y : f w y (x + 1) where

%o y = sum (map (a002121 . (x -)) $ takeWhile (<= x) a065091_list) - v

%o -- _Reinhard Zumkeller_, Mar 21 2014

%Y Cf. A002100-A002125.

%Y Cf. A065091.

%K sign,easy,look

%O 0,8

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_

%E More terms from _Vladeta Jovovic_, Mar 29 2003

%E Entry revised by _N. J. A. Sloane_, Dec 04 2006

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