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A230243
Number of primes p < n with 3*p + 8 and (p-1)*n + 1 both prime.
1
0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, 2, 1, 4, 2, 2, 4, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 1, 5, 3, 4, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 4, 1, 5, 3, 2, 6, 4, 1, 5, 6, 3, 3, 5, 1, 5, 5, 2, 7, 5, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 6, 3, 4, 6, 4, 5, 6, 3, 7, 4, 2, 6, 1, 3, 5, 9, 3, 3, 7, 4, 3, 7, 1, 6, 5, 5, 5, 6, 3, 6, 7
OFFSET
1,9
COMMENTS
Conjecture: a(n) > 0 for all n > 4.
This implies A. Murthy's conjecture (cf. A034693) that for any integer n > 1, there is a positive integer k < n such that k*n + 1 is prime.
Conjecture verified for n up to 10^9. - Mauro Fiorentini, Sep 21 2023
LINKS
Zhi-Wei Sun, Conjectures involving primes and quadratic forms, arXiv:1211.1588 [math.NT], 2012-2017.
EXAMPLE
a(8) = 1 since 8 = 3 + 5 with 3, 3*3+8 = 17, (3-1)*8+1 = 17 all prime.
a(17) = 1 since 17 = 7 + 10, and 7, 3*7+8 = 29, (7-1)*17+1 = 103 are all prime.
MATHEMATICA
a[n_]:=Sum[If[PrimeQ[3Prime[i]+8]&&PrimeQ[(Prime[i]-1)n+1], 1, 0], {i, 1, PrimePi[n-1]}]
Table[a[n], {n, 1, 100}]
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Zhi-Wei Sun, Oct 13 2013
STATUS
approved