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%I #53 Jul 03 2018 22:41:36
%S 0,1,2,2,4,3,3,5,5,6,5,5,5,6,6,6,7,7,7,7,6,8,9,6,5,8,7,9,8,9,6,8,8,9,
%T 7,9,8,8,10,8,8,11,8,6,10,12,10,9,9,11,9,8,8,8,8,11,9,9,8,9,8,12,7,8,
%U 7,10,8,7,9,9,10,9,10,8,9,10,11,9,11,7,8,13
%N a(n) is the number of 3-smooth numbers k such that prime(n)-k is also a prime number, where prime(n) stands for the n-th prime.
%C Conjecture: a(n)>0 for all n>1.
%e List of 3-smooth numbers from A003586: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 27, 32, 36, 48, 54, 64, 72, 81, 96, 108, 128, ...
%e For n=2, the 2nd prime is 3, 3-1=2 is prime. This is the only case. So a(2)=1;
%e For n=3, the 3rd prime is 5, 5-2=3 and 5-3=2 are prime. So a(3)=2;
%e ...
%e For n=10, the 10th prime is 29, 29-6=23, 29-12=17, 29-16=13, 29-18=11, 29-24=5, and 29-27=2, 6 valid numbers found, so a(10)=6.
%t g = {1}; Table[p = Prime[n]; While[l = Length[g]; g[[l]] < p, pos = l + 1; While[pos--; c2 = g[[pos]]*2; c2 > g[[l]]]; c2 = g[[pos + 1]]*2; pos = l + 1; While[pos--; c3 = g[[pos]]*3; c3 > g[[l]]]; c3 = g[[pos + 1]]*3; c = Min[c2, c3]; AppendTo[g, c]]; ct = 0; i = 0; While[i++; cn = g[[i]]; cn < p, If[PrimeQ[p - cn], ct++]]; ct, {n, 1, 82}]
%o (PARI) is_a003586(n) = n<5||vecmax(factor(n, 5)[, 1])<5;
%o a(n) = my(p=prime(n)); sum(k=1, p, is_a003586(k) && isprime(p-k)); \\ _Michel Marcus_, Jul 03 2018
%Y Cf. A000040, A003586, A007694.
%K nonn,easy
%O 1,3
%A _Lei Zhou_, Jun 25 2018
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