A308777 Number of twin primes between p and p^2 (inclusive) where p is the n-th prime.

1, 3, 6, 9, 16, 19, 32, 35, 42, 58, 61, 82, 96, 101, 122, 148, 174, 183, 220, 242, 247, 276, 304, 332, 374, 404, 417, 436, 447, 468, 552, 576, 630, 641, 730, 749, 788, 822, 864, 910, 960, 985, 1082, 1095, 1134, 1149, 1252, 1370, 1416, 1433, 1464, 1528, 1545, 1636, 1702

Offset

1,2

Comments

Similar sequences given in cross-references have further information and references; in particular A273257 has much more efficient PARI code. - M. F. Hasler, Jun 27 2019

Links

Chai Wah Wu, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..7944

Jon S. Birdsey, Geza Schay, A Sieve for Twin Primes, arXiv:1906.09220 [math.NT], 2019.

Example

There is a single twin prime (3) between 2 and 4, so a(1) = 1.
There are 3 twin primes (3, 5 and 7) between 3 and 9, so a(2) = 3.

Maple

a:= n-> (p-> add(`if`(isprime(j) and (isprime(j-2) or
        isprime(j+2)), 1, 0), j=p..p^2))(ithprime(n)):
seq(a(n), n=1..55);  # Alois P. Heinz, Jun 25 2019

Mathematica

a[n_] := With[{p = Prime[n]}, Sum[Boole[PrimeQ[k] && (PrimeQ[k-2] || PrimeQ[k+2])], {k, p, p^2}]];
Array[a, 55] (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 29 2020 *)

Prog

(PARI) a(n) = my(p=prime(n)); sum(k=p, p^2, isprime(k) && (isprime(k-2) || isprime(k+2)));
(Python)
from sympy import prime, prevprime, nextprime
def A308777(n):
    if n == 1:
        return 1
    c, p = 0, prime(n)
    p2, x = p**2, [prevprime(p), p , nextprime(p)]
    while x[1] <= p2:
        if x[1] - x[0] == 2 or x[2] - x[1] == 2:
            c += 1
        x = x[1:] + [nextprime(x[2])]
    return c # Chai Wah Wu, Jun 25 2019

Crossrefs

Cf. A001097 (twin primes), A054272, A057767 (twin pairs between p(n)^2 and p(n+1)^2), A088019.

Cf. A143738 (twin primes between n and n^2), A273257 (twin pairs between prime(n) and prime(n)^2).

Sequence in context: A002597 A360624 A287554 * A057855 A198685 A070120

Adjacent sequences: A308774 A308775 A308776 * A308778 A308779 A308780

Keyword

nonn

Author

Michel Marcus, Jun 24 2019

Status

approved