OFFSET
0,11
COMMENTS
If n is not a multiple of 10, then a(n) < 20. The subsequence { a(10k) }, however, is unbounded. In particular, a(10^k)=2*A006880(k).
EXAMPLE
a(10)=8 because R(10)=01=1 and 10 = 3*1 + 7 = 5*1 + 5 = 7*1 + 3 = 8*1 + 2 = 12*1 - 2 = 13*1 - 3 = 15*1 - 5 = 17*1 - 7.
PROG
(PARI) a(n)={my(r=A004086(n)); sum(k=1, (2*n-1)\(r+!r), isprime(abs(n-k*r)))}
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
M. F. Hasler, Mar 15 2012
STATUS
approved