A078869 Number of n-tuples with elements in {2,4,6} which can occur as the differences between n+1 consecutive primes > n+1. (Values of a(11), ..., a(18) are conjectured to be correct, but are only known to be upper bounds.)

3, 7, 15, 26, 38, 48, 67, 92, 105, 108, 109, 118, 130, 128, 112, 80, 36, 6, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

Offset

1,1

Comments

The ">n+1" rules out n-tuples like (2,2), which only occurs for the primes 3, 5, 7. All terms from a(19) on equal 0.

An n-tuple (a_1,a_2,...,a_n) is counted iff the partial sums 0, a_1, a_1+a_2, ..., a_1+...+a_n do not contain a complete residue system (mod p) for any prime p.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..94.

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, k-Tuple Conjecture

Mathematica

test[tuple_] := Module[{r, sums, i, j}, r=Length[tuple]; sums=Prepend[tuple.Table[If[j>=i, 1, 0], {i, 1, r}, {j, 1, r}], 0]; For[i=1, Prime[i]<=r+1, i++, If[Length[Union[Mod[sums, Prime[i]]]]==Prime[i], Return[False]]]; True]; tuples[0]={{}}; tuples[n_] := tuples[n]=Select[Flatten[Outer[Append, tuples[n-1], {2, 4, 6}, 1], 1], test]; a[n_] := Length[tuples[n]]

Crossrefs

The 26 4-tuples and 38 5-tuples are in A078868 and A078870. Cf. A001359, A008407, A029710, A031924, A022004-A022007, A078852, A078858, A078946-A078969, A020497.

Sequence in context: A034757 A328688 A291651 * A011890 A131076 A001648

Adjacent sequences: A078866 A078867 A078868 * A078870 A078871 A078872

Keyword

nonn

Author

Labos Elemer, Dec 19 2002

Extensions

Edited by Dean Hickerson, Dec 20 2002

Status

approved