A230252 Number of ways to write n = x + y (x, y > 0) with 2*x + 1, x^2 + x + 1 and y^2 + y + 1 all prime.

0, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 1, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 4, 3, 6, 4, 7, 7, 2, 4, 6, 4, 4, 6, 3, 1, 4, 2, 4, 7, 4, 1, 4, 4, 2, 6, 4, 3, 4, 2, 3, 5, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 6, 2, 6, 6, 3, 5, 4, 5, 3, 7, 2, 4, 6, 2, 4, 5, 3, 5, 8, 5, 2, 10, 4, 4, 8, 5, 6, 7, 8, 4, 11, 4, 3, 6, 4, 2, 4, 8, 8, 11, 5, 3, 11, 5, 3, 6, 4, 5

Offset

1,3

Comments

Conjecture: (i) a(n) > 0 for all n > 1.

(ii) Any integer n > 3 can be written as p + q with p, 2*p - 3 and q^2 + q + 1 all prime. Also, each integer n > 3 not equal to 30 can be expressed as p + q with p, q^2 + q - 1 and q^2 + q + 1 all prime.

(iii) Any integer n > 1 can be written as x + y (x, y > 0) with x^2 + 1 (or 4*x^2+1) and y^2 + y + 1 (or 4*y^2 + 1) both prime.

(iv) Each integer n > 3 can be expressed as p + q (q > 0) with p, 2*p - 3 and 4*q^2 + 1 all prime.

(v) Any even number greater than 4 can be written as p + q with p, q and p^2 + 4 (or p^2 - 2) all prime. Also, each even number greater than 2 and not equal to 122 can be expressed as p + q with p, q and (p-1)^2 + 1 all prime.

We have verified the first part for n up to 10^8.

Links

Zhi-Wei Sun, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

Zhi-Wei Sun, Conjectures involving primes and quadratic forms, preprint, arXiv:1211.1588.

Example

a(5) = 2 since 5 = 2 + 3 = 3 + 2, and 2*2+1 = 5, 2*3+1 = 7, 2^2+2+1 = 7, 3^2+3+1 = 13 are all prime.
a(31) = 1 since 31 = 14 + 17, and 2*14+1 = 29, 14^2+14+1 = 211 and 17^2+17+1 = 307 are all prime.

Mathematica

a[n_]:=Sum[If[PrimeQ[2i+1]&&PrimeQ[i^2+i+1]&&PrimeQ[(n-i)^2+n-i+1], 1, 0], {i, 1, n-1}]
Table[a[n], {n, 1, 100}]

Crossrefs

Cf. A002383, A002384, A002375, A219864, A227908, A227909, A230230, A230241, A230254.

Sequence in context: A355663 A081388 A231070 * A295424 A002372 A035026

Adjacent sequences: A230249 A230250 A230251 * A230253 A230254 A230255

Keyword

nonn

Author

Zhi-Wei Sun, Oct 13 2013

Status

approved