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A112877 Zeros in Cald's sequence: positions k such that A006509(k) = 0. 5

%I #31 Mar 10 2024 12:09:43

%S 117,199,381,427,521,721,1151,1997,3625,6607,12269,23209,41133,75441,

%T 141209,266969,507701,968373,1851971,3549473,6817481,13115259,

%U 25267949,48750929,94173137,182122379,352587759,683348381,1325663485,2419811401,4551835269,8705190801,16798251617,32575310493

%N Zeros in Cald's sequence: positions k such that A006509(k) = 0.

%e A006509(117) = 0 and A006509(k) > 0 for k < 117, so a(1) = 117.

%t a[1] = 1; a[n_] := a[n] = Block[{b = a[n - 1], p = Prime[n - 1]}, If[ b - p > 0 && Position[t, b - p] == {}, b - p, If[ Position[t, b + p] == {}, b + p, 0]]]; t = {1}; Do[ AppendTo[t, a[n]], {n, 2, 270000}]; Flatten[ Position[t, 0]] (* _Robert G. Wilson v_, Oct 29 2005 *)

%o (Python)

%o from itertools import count, islice

%o from sympy import nextprime

%o def A112877_gen(): # generator of terms

%o a, aset, p = 1, {1}, 2

%o for c in count(2):

%o if (b:=a-p) > 0 and b not in aset:

%o a = b

%o elif (b:=a+p) not in aset:

%o a = b

%o else:

%o a = 0

%o yield c

%o aset.add(a)

%o p = nextprime(p)

%o A112877_list = list(islice(A112877_gen(),10)) # _Chai Wah Wu_, Mar 04 2024

%Y Cf. A006509, A112878, A117128, A117129.

%Y A370951 gives first differences.

%K nonn

%O 1,1

%A _Klaus Brockhaus_, Oct 24 2005

%E a(15) and a(16) from _Robert G. Wilson v_, Oct 29 2005

%E a(17) and a(18) from _Klaus Brockhaus_, Jan 01 2006

%E a(19)-a(26) from _Donovan Johnson_, Feb 18 2010

%E a(27)-a(29) from _Chai Wah Wu_, Mar 04 2024

%E a(30)-a(34) from _Martin Ehrenstein_, Mar 07 2024 (see A370951)

%E More than the usual number of terms are shown in order to include the new terms from A370951. - _N. J. A. Sloane_, Mar 10 2024

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