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A172022 a(n)=prime(n)+(-1)^n. 0
1, 4, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16, 20, 22, 30, 30, 38, 40, 44, 46, 54, 58, 62, 66, 72, 72, 80, 82, 90, 96, 102, 102, 108, 108, 114, 126, 132, 136, 140, 148, 152, 156, 164, 166, 174, 178, 182, 190, 194, 196, 200, 210, 224, 226, 230, 232, 240, 240, 252, 256, 264, 268, 272, 276 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

1 together with A014687.

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..59.

FORMULA

a(n+1)=A014687(n).

EXAMPLE

a(1)=prime(1)+(-1)^1=2-1=1.

MATHEMATICA

upto=300; Total/@Partition[Riffle[Prime[Range[PrimePi[upto]]], {-1, 1}], 2] (* From Harvey P. Dale, May 12 2011 *)

PROG

(PARI) a(n)=prime(n)+(-1)^n \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, May 12, 2011

(PARI) k=1; forprime(p=2, 300, print1(p+(k*=-1)", ")) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, May 25, 2011

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000040, A014687.

Sequence in context: A046558 A180854 A014687 * A152967 A004024 A086663

Adjacent sequences:  A172019 A172020 A172021 * A172023 A172024 A172025

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,changed

AUTHOR

Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Jan 22 2010

EXTENSIONS

Entries checked by D. S. McNeil, Dec 01 2010

STATUS

approved

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