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A257317
Number of unordered ways to write n as the sum of two distinct elements of the set {floor(x/3): 3*x-1 and 3*x+1 are twin prime} one of which is even.
4
1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 5, 3, 3, 3, 5, 4, 3, 3, 5, 3, 5, 4, 3, 3, 6, 5, 2, 2, 5, 5, 2, 1, 3, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5, 5, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 5, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 5, 3, 6, 3, 3, 2, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 5, 2, 4, 4, 7, 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 6, 3
OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
Conjecture: a(n) > 0 for all n > 0.
Clearly, this conjecture implies the Twin Prime Conjecture. Note that a(n) does not exceed A256707(n).
EXAMPLE
a(4) = 1 since 4 = 0 + 4 = floor(2/3) + floor(14/3) with 0 or 4 even, and {3*2-1,3*2+1} = {5,7} and {3*14-1,3*14+1} = {41,43} twin prime pairs.
a(108) = 1 since 108 = 16 + 92 = floor(50/3) + floor(276/3) with 16 or 92 even, and {3*50-1,3*50+1} = {149,151} and {3*276-1,3*276+1} = {827,829} twin prime pairs.
MATHEMATICA
TQ[n_]:=PrimeQ[3n-1]&&PrimeQ[3n+1]
PQ[n_]:=TQ[3*n]||TQ[3*n+1]||TQ[3n+2]
Do[m=0; Do[If[Mod[x(n-x), 2]==0&&PQ[x]&&PQ[n-x], m=m+1], {x, 0, (n-1)/2}];
Print[n, " ", m]; Label[aa]; Continue, {n, 1, 100}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Zhi-Wei Sun, Apr 25 2015
STATUS
approved