A230140 Number of ways to write n = x + y + z with 0 < x <= y <= z such that 6*x-1, 6*y-1, 6*z-1 are among those primes p (terms of A230138) with p + 2 and 2*p - 5 also prime.

0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 2, 5, 2, 6, 3, 6, 5, 4, 5, 3, 5, 5, 8, 7, 6, 5, 6, 5, 5, 7, 6, 8, 4, 6, 5, 6, 7, 9, 8, 8, 5, 7, 6, 8, 10, 6, 10, 4, 8, 6, 6, 10, 6, 9, 5, 6, 5, 7, 7, 9, 6, 7, 8, 5, 10, 6, 9, 6, 6, 7, 4, 7, 7, 9, 6, 5, 5, 4, 6, 5, 6, 5, 5, 6, 4, 6, 6

Offset

1,5

Comments

Conjecture: (i) a(n) > 0 for all n > 2, i.e., 6*n-3 with n > 2 can be expressed as a sum of three terms from A230138. Moreover, for any integer n > 12, there are three distinct positive integers x, y, z with x + y + z = n such that 6*x-1, 6*y-1, 6*z-1 are primes in A230138.

(ii) For each integer n > 12, there are three distinct positive integers x, y, z with x + y + z = n such that 6*x-1, 6*y-1, 6*z-1 are among those primes p with p + 2 and 2*p + 9 also prime.

Note that part (i) of this conjecture implies that there are infinitely many primes in A230138.

Indices k such that a(m)>a(k) for all m>k, are (2, 10, 26, 334, 439, 544, 551, 684, ...). The only sequence which has the first 5 terms within the 3 lines of data is A212067. (Certainly a coincidence.) - M. F. Hasler, Oct 10 2013

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(10) = 1 since 10 = 2 + 3 + 5, and the three numbers 6*2-1=11, 6*3-1=17 and 6*5-1=29 are terms of A230138.

Mathematica

SQ[n_]:=PrimeQ[6n-1]&&PrimeQ[6n+1]&&PrimeQ[12n-7]
a[n_]:=Sum[If[SQ[i]&&SQ[j]&&SQ[n-i-j], 1, 0], {i, 1, n/3}, {j, i, (n-i)/2}]
Table[a[n], {n, 1, 100}]

Prog

(PARI) ip(x)=isprime(6*x-1) && isprime(6*x+1) && isprime(12*x-7); a(n)=sum(x=1, n\3, sum(y=x, ip(x)*(n-x)\2, ip(y) && ip(n-x-y))) \\ - M. F. Hasler, Oct 10 2013

Crossrefs

Cf. A068307, A230138, A230141.

Sequence in context: A363680 A300817 A341417 * A156220 A261653 A347658

Adjacent sequences: A230137 A230138 A230139 * A230141 A230142 A230143

Keyword

nonn

Author

Zhi-Wei Sun, Oct 10 2013

Status

approved