OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Primes can only be used once in any sum.
LINKS
Jinyuan Wang, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
Carlos Rivera, Puzzle 127. Non adding prime sequences, The Prime Puzzles & Problems Connection.
EXAMPLE
5 is not included because 2 + 3 = 5. Given 2, 3, 7 we can get 5 but not 11, so term after 7 is 11.
13 is not included because 2 + 11 = 13.
PROG
(PARI) lista(nn) = my(p=2, i, j, s, t, u, v=[2, 1], w); print1(p); for(n=2, nn, u=0; i=1; j=1; w=List([]); s=0; t=1; while(i<=#v, if(j>#v, if(i%2==t, s+=v[i], t=!t; listput(w, s); s=v[i]); i++, if(v[i]>u, if((i%2&&j%2)==t, s+=u, t=!t; listput(w, s); s=u); v[i]-=u; if(j++<=#v, u=v[j]), if((i%2&&j%2)==t, s+=v[i], t=!t; listput(w, s); s=v[i]); if(v[i]==u, if(j++<=#v, u=v[j]), u-=v[i]); i++))); listput(w, s); v=w; s=0; i=0; until(isprime(p), p++; while(s<=p&&i<#v, s+=v[i++]); if(s>p&&!(i%2), p=s)); print1(", ", v[1]=p)); \\ Jinyuan Wang, Dec 17 2024
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Jason Earls, Apr 10 2001
EXTENSIONS
a(37)-a(53) from Jacques Tramu, Jan 11 2005
Offset changed to 1 by Jinyuan Wang, Dec 17 2024
STATUS
approved