OFFSET
1,6
COMMENTS
On Dec 23 2008, _Zhi-Wei_ Sun made a conjecture that states that a(n)>0 for all n=5,6,... (i.e., any integer n>4 can be written as the sum of an odd prime, an odd Fibonacci number and a positive Fibonacci number). This has been verified for n up to 10^14 by D. S. McNeil; the conjecture looks more difficult than the Goldbach conjecture since Fibonacci numbers are much more sparse than prime numbers. Sun also conjectured that c=lim inf_n a(n)/log n is greater than 2 and smaller than 3.
Zhi-Wei Sun has offered a monetary reward for settling this conjecture.
REFERENCES
R. Crocker, On a sum of a prime and two powers of two, Pacific J. Math. 36(1971), 103-107.
Z. W. Sun and M. H. Le, Integers not of the form c(2^a+2^b)+p^{alpha}, Acta Arith. 99(2001), 183-190.
LINKS
Zhi-Wei Sun, Table of n, a(n), n=1..50000.
D. S. McNeil, Sun's strong conjecture
Zhi-Wei Sun, A promising conjecture: n=p+F_s+F_t
Zhi-Wei Sun, A summary concerning my conjecture n=p+F_s+F_t (II)
K. J. Wu and Z.-W. Sun, Covers of the integers with odd moduli and their applications to the forms x^m-2^n and x^2-F_{3n}/2, Math. Comp. 78 (2009) 1853, [DOI], arXiv:math.NT/0702382
EXAMPLE
For n=9 the a(9)=6 solutions are 3 + F_4 + F_4, 3 + F_2 + F_5, 3 + F_5 + F_2, 5 + F_3 + F_3, 5 + F_2 + F_4, 5 + F_4 + F_2.
MATHEMATICA
PQ[m_]:=m>2&&PrimeQ[m] RN[n_]:=Sum[If[(Mod[n, 2]==0||Mod[x, 3]>0)&&PQ[n-Fibonacci[x]-Fibonacci[y]], 1, 0], {x, 2, 2*Log[2, Max[2, n]]}, {y, 2, 2*Log[2, Max[2, n-Fibonacci[x]]]}] Do[Print[n, " ", RN[n]]; Continue, {n, 1, 50000}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Zhi-Wei Sun, Jan 05 2009
EXTENSIONS
The new verification record is 10^14 (due to D. S. McNeil). - Zhi-Wei Sun, Jan 17 2009
STATUS
approved