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A127499 The number of times that binomial(2n,n) has two prime factors that add to 2n. 2
0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 0, 2, 0, 3, 3, 1, 3, 4, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 1, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 2, 1, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 2, 5, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 6, 1, 4, 4, 0, 4, 3, 3, 2, 4, 3, 4, 6, 3, 3, 6, 3, 5, 6, 2, 5, 5, 1, 4, 5, 4, 2, 4, 3, 3, 5, 2, 5, 7, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 7, 3, 4, 8 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

1,8

COMMENTS

In general, a(3n) is much greater than a(3n-1) and a(3n+1), which is apparent in the graph of this sequence.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..10000

EXAMPLE

Consider n=8. Then binomial(16,8)=12870, which has prime factors 2,3,5,11,13. There are two pairs of prime factors that sum to 16: (3,13) and (5,11). Hence a(8)=2.

MATHEMATICA

Table[p=Rest[Transpose[FactorInteger[Binomial[2n, n]]][[1]]]; cnt=0; i=1; While[i<=Length[p] && p[[i]]<=n, If[MemberQ[p, 2n-p[[i]]], cnt++ ]; i++ ]; cnt, {n, 100}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A070542 (n such that a(n)=0).

Sequence in context: A037853 A106799 A212210 * A198068 A121361 A191907

Adjacent sequences:  A127496 A127497 A127498 * A127500 A127501 A127502

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

T. D. Noe, Jan 19 2007

STATUS

approved

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