A230849 A075526 and A000012 interleaved.

1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 6, 1, 2, 1, 6, 1, 4, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 2, 1, 6, 1, 4, 1, 2, 1, 6, 1, 4, 1, 6, 1, 8, 1, 4, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 14, 1, 4, 1, 6, 1, 2, 1, 10, 1, 2, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 4, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 2, 1, 10, 1, 2, 1

Offset

1,5

Comments

a(n) is also the length of the n-th edge of a staircase which represents the function pi(x) on the first quadrant of the square grid, see A000720.

a(2n-1) is the length of the n-th horizontal edge in the staircase.

a(2n) is the length of the n-th vertical edge in the staircase.

For another version see A230850.

Links

Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..20000

Example

Illustration of initial terms, n = 1..22:
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1                                                            _ _|
1                                                _ _ _ _ _ _|
1                                        _ _ _ _|
1                                    _ _|
1                            _ _ _ _|
1                        _ _|
1                _ _ _ _|
1            _ _|
1        _ _|
1      _|
1    _|
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.    1 1   2   2       4   2       4   2       4           6   2
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Drawing vertical line segments below the staircase (as shown below) we have that the number of cells in the vertical bars gives A000720.
Drawing horizontal line segments above the staircase we have that the number of cells in the k-th horizontal bar is A006093(k).
.    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
30  |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|
28  |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _| | |
22  |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _| | | | | | | | |
18  |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _| | | | | | | | | | | | |
16  |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
12  |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
10  |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
6   |_ _ _ _ _ _| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
4   |_ _ _ _| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2   |_ _| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1   |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|
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.    0 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10
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Mathematica

Riffle[Join[{1}, Differences[Prime[Range[100]]]], 1] (* Paolo Xausa, Oct 31 2023 *)

Prog

(PARI) A230849(n) = if((n%2)&&(n>1), prime((n+1)/2)-prime(((n+1)/2)-1), 1); \\ Antti Karttunen, Dec 23 2018

Crossrefs

Cf. A000012, A000040, A000720, A001223, A006093, A007504, A046992, A075526, A141042, A152535, A230850.

Sequence in context: A235918 A071222 A067005 * A135517 A327395 A327404

Adjacent sequences: A230846 A230847 A230848 * A230850 A230851 A230852

Keyword

nonn

Author

Omar E. Pol, Nov 01 2013

Status

approved