A229166 Number of ordered ways to write n = x*(x+1)/2 + y with y*(y+1)/2 + 1 prime, where x and y are nonnegative integers.

1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 5, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 3, 1, 3, 5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 2, 4, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 5, 4, 2, 4, 1, 4, 3, 5, 4, 3, 5, 3, 4, 3, 3, 6, 4, 2, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5, 5, 2, 4, 4, 2, 3, 6, 4, 2, 3, 5, 4, 3, 5, 1, 4, 3, 6, 3, 5, 7, 3

Offset

1,4

Comments

Conjecture: a(n) > 0 for all n > 0. Moreover, if n > 0 is not among 1, 3, 60, then there are positive integers x and y with x*(x+1)/2 + y = n such that y*(y+1)/2 + 1 is prime.

References

Zhi-Wei Sun, On sums of primes and triangular numbers, J. Comb. Number Theory 1(2009), no.1, 65-76.

Links

Zhi-Wei Sun, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

Zhi-Wei Sun, Conjectures involving primes and quadratic forms, preprint, arXiv:1211.1588.

Example

a(6) = 1 since 6 = 2*3/2 + 3 with 3*4/2 + 1 = 7 prime.
a(60) = 1 since 60 = 0*1/2 + 60 with 60*61/2 + 1 = 1831 prime.

Mathematica

T[n_]:=n(n+1)/2
a[n_]:=Sum[If[PrimeQ[T[n-T[i]]+1], 1, 0], {i, 0, (Sqrt[8n+1]-1)/2}]
Table[a[n], {n, 1, 100}]

Crossrefs

Cf. A000040, A000217, A132399, A208244, A230121, A230252.

Sequence in context: A077196 A023142 A225335 * A143159 A324079 A184831

Adjacent sequences: A229163 A229164 A229165 * A229167 A229168 A229169

Keyword

nonn

Author

Zhi-Wei Sun, Oct 15 2013

Status

approved