A238577 a(n) = |{0 < k <= n: p(n)*q(k)*r(k) + 1 is prime}|, where p(.), q(.) and r(.) are given by A000041, A000009 and A047967 respectively.

0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 4, 3, 4, 3, 7, 4, 5, 6, 4, 4, 6, 4, 7, 1, 4, 6, 2, 8, 6, 6, 5, 4, 5, 4, 8, 5, 9, 3, 4, 2, 3, 10, 5, 11, 5, 10, 5, 6, 3, 6, 8, 7, 9, 6, 6, 3, 10, 3, 9, 9, 6, 10, 8, 8, 7, 4, 6, 6, 6, 5, 3, 9, 4, 8, 12, 5, 2, 8, 8, 3, 6, 10, 9, 9

Offset

1,4

Comments

Conjecture: (i) a(n) > 0 for all n > 1, and a(n) = 1 only for n = 2, 3, 5, 20. If n > 2, then p(n)*q(k)*r(k) - 1 is prime for some k = 1, ..., n.

(ii) If n > 2 is not equal to 22, then p(n)*q(n)*q(k) - 1 is prime for some k = 1, ..., n. If n > 13, then p(n)*q(k)*q(n-k) - 1 is prime for some 1 < k < n/2.

Links

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

Zhi-Wei Sun, Problems on combinatorial properties of primes, arXiv:1402.6641 [math.NT], 2014.

Example

a(5) = 1 since p(5)*q(4)*r(4) + 1 = 7*2*3 + 1 = 43 is prime.
a(20) = 1 since p(20)*q(13)*r(13) + 1 = 627*18*83 + 1 = 936739 is prime.

Mathematica

p[n_, k_]:=PrimeQ[PartitionsP[n]*PartitionsQ[k]*(PartitionsP[k]-PartitionsQ[k])+1]
a[n_]:=Sum[If[p[n, k], 1, 0], {k, 1, n}]
Table[a[n], {n, 1, 80}]

Crossrefs

Cf. A000009, A000040, A000041, A047967, A236442, A238457, A238509, A238393, A238516.

Sequence in context: A209131 A165053 A302982 * A131380 A100461 A302655

Adjacent sequences: A238574 A238575 A238576 * A238578 A238579 A238580

Keyword

nonn

Author

Zhi-Wei Sun, Mar 01 2014

Status

approved