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A073939
Least m such that A078142(m) gives the n-th prime, where A078142(n) is the sum of the differences of the distinct prime factors p of n and the next square larger than p.
1
2, 6, 11, 22, 53, 106, 83, 166, 173, 227, 293, 863, 443, 857, 853, 971, 1097, 2194, 1229, 1373, 2746, 2837, 2221, 2027, 2819, 3499, 4253, 3257, 3491, 3251, 4229, 4493, 5639, 6917, 6907, 7949, 6899, 7937, 7229, 7927, 11057, 10223, 9413, 10211, 9803
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
EXAMPLE
a(4)=22 because A078142(22)=7, the fourth prime and this is the first time 7 occurs.
MATHEMATICA
s[n_] := Total[Ceiling[Sqrt[(p = FactorInteger[n][[;; , 1]])]]^2 - p]; max=45; seq=Table[0, {max}]; c = 0; n=1; While[c<max, s1=s[n]; If[PrimeQ[s1], i=PrimePi[s1]; If[i<=max && seq[[i]]==0, c++; seq[[i]] = n]]; n++]; seq (* Amiram Eldar, Dec 08 2019 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A078142.
Sequence in context: A305101 A363936 A083322 * A085264 A005999 A102429
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Jason Earls, Nov 20 2002
STATUS
approved