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A072540
Numbers that are not differences between successive Ulam numbers (A002858).
2
6, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Unfortunately, it appears that the entries are all conjectural. I am not aware of any proofs that the listed numbers can never appear. The terms shown are those listed by Pickover. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 19 2008
However, a gap of 35 doesn't occur until after the 35755308th term (483379914), so these missing gaps could eventually occur. - Jud McCranie, Jun 13 2008
The sequence is conjectured to continue: 23, 26, 28, 31, 33. These gaps do not appear in the first 158000000 terms, so are candidates for the sequence. [Jud McCranie, Sep 12 2013]
The conjectured list of gaps that don't appear holds through the first 28 billion Ulam numbers. - Jud McCranie, Jan 07 2016
REFERENCES
Clifford A. Pickover, "Wonders of Numbers, ...", Oxford University Press, 2000
LINKS
Philip Gibbs, Judson McCranie, The Ulam Numbers up to One Trillion, (2017).
C. A. Pickover, "Wonders of Numbers, Adventures in Mathematics, Mind and Meaning," Zentralblatt review
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A201915 A237606 A264935 * A315374 A315375 A315376
KEYWORD
more,nonn,hard
AUTHOR
Benoit Cloitre, Aug 04 2002
EXTENSIONS
Edited by Max Alekseyev, Dec 19 2011
STATUS
approved