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A157966
Number of 3's in A157733(n).
3
0, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 5, 5, 7, 9, 9, 11, 13, 13, 15, 17, 19, 19, 21, 23, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 33, 35, 35, 37, 41, 43, 45, 45, 49, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 59, 63, 63, 65, 65, 69, 73, 75, 75, 77, 79, 79, 83, 85, 87, 89, 89, 91, 93, 93, 97, 101, 103, 103, 105, 109, 111, 115, 115, 117
OFFSET
0,5
COMMENTS
Odd numbers missing in the sequence: 39, 47, 61, 67, 71, 81, 95, 99, 107, 113, 137, 141 etc.
The numbers above are essentially 2*A060461(n) - 1. - Mikhail Kurkov, Dec 18 2021
FORMULA
a(n) = floor((prime(n)-2)/3) for n != 2. - Kevin Ryde, Apr 25 2024
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = if(n==2, 1, (prime(n)-2)\3); \\ Kevin Ryde, Apr 25 2024
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A095878 A341143 A369337 * A212597 A268188 A231608
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Paul Curtz, Mar 10 2009
EXTENSIONS
Edited and extended by R. J. Mathar, Mar 15 2009
STATUS
approved