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A376602
Inflection and undulation points in the sequence of composite numbers (A002808).
17
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 27, 29, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45, 48, 50, 52, 53, 54, 57, 60, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 96, 99, 100, 101, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
These are points at which the second differences (A073445) are zero.
EXAMPLE
The composite numbers (A002808) are:
4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, ...
with first differences (A073783):
2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, ...
with first differences (A073445):
0, -1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, 1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1, 0, ...
with zeros at (A376602):
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 27, 29, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38, ...
MATHEMATICA
Join@@Position[Differences[Select[Range[100], CompositeQ], 2], 0]
CROSSREFS
Partitions into composite numbers are counted by A023895, factorizations A050370.
For prime instead of composite we have A064113.
These are the positions of zeros in A073445.
For first differences we had A073783, ones A375929, complement A065890.
For concavity in primes we have A258025/A258026, weak A333230/A333231.
For upward concavity (instead of zero) we have A376651, downward A376652.
The complement is A376603.
For composite numbers: A002808 (terms), A073783 (first differences), A073445 (second differences), A376603 (nonzero curvature), A376651 (concave-up), A376652 (concave-down).
For inflection and undulation points: A064113 (prime), A376588 (non-perfect-power), A376591 (squarefree), A376594 (nonsquarefree), A376597 (prime-power), A376600 (non-prime-power).
Sequence in context: A024323 A118820 A117521 * A190053 A327209 A285590
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Gus Wiseman, Oct 05 2024
STATUS
approved