A284188 a(1)=2; thereafter a(n+1) = a(n)+i if a(n) is a prime and a(1),...,a(n) contains i primes, or a(n+1) = a(n)-i if a(n) is composite and a(1),...,a(n) contains i primes.

2, 3, 5, 8, 5, 9, 5, 10, 5, 11, 18, 11, 19, 28, 19, 29, 40, 29, 41, 54, 41, 55, 41, 56, 41, 57, 41, 58, 41, 59, 78, 59, 79, 100, 79, 101, 124, 101, 125, 101, 126, 101, 127, 154, 127, 155, 127, 156, 127, 157, 188, 157, 189, 157, 190, 157, 191, 226, 191, 227, 264, 227, 265

Offset

1,1

Comments

Without repeated terms, the primes appear in order as A070865.

Variant of A284172; the difference is that in A284172, a(n+1) = a(n)-i if a(n) is composite and a(1),...,a(n) contains i composites (rather than i primes).

For n >= 3: When a(n) = prime p it is followed by an even number j at a(n+1); p repeats k-j times (where k is the smallest prime > j), appearing at a(n+2m) {m=1..k-j}. a(n+2m+1) = p+m until p+m = k (immediately following the final p); k now becomes "new p" immediately followed by a "new j", and the process repeats.

Links

Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..100000

Michael De Vlieger, Log-log scatterplot of a(n) for n=1..2^16.

Michael De Vlieger, Log-log scatterplot of a(n) for n=1..2^12, showing a(n) in red and A284172(n) in blue, accentuating the first 12 terms of A284172(n) by enlargement.

Example

a(10) = 11; there are 7 primes in the sequence up to and including a(10) so a(11) = 11+7 = 18. 18 is composite so a(12) = 18-7 = 11.  Now there are 8 primes in the sequence; and since 11 is prime, a(13) = 11+8 = 19 (the 9th prime in the sequence), so a(14) = 28.

Maple

c:= proc(n) option remember; `if`(n<1, 0,
      `if`(isprime(a(n)), 1, 0)+c(n-1))
    end:
a:= proc(n) option remember; `if`(n=1, 2, (m->
      `if`(isprime(m), 1, -1)*c(n-1)+m)(a(n-1)))
    end:
seq(a(n), n=1..100);  # Alois P. Heinz, Apr 15 2017

Mathematica

Block[{c = 1, m = 2, n}, {2}~Join~Reap[Do[If[PrimeQ[m], Set[n, m + c]; c++, Set[n, m - c + 1]]; Sow[n]; m = n, 63]][[-1, -1]]] (* Michael De Vlieger, Oct 20 2021 *)

Prog

(PARI) lista(nn) = {print1(a=2, ", "); nbp = 1; for (n=2, nn, if (isprime(a), a += nbp, a -= nbp); print1(a, ", "); if (isprime(a), nbp++); ); } \\ Michel Marcus, Mar 24 2017

Crossrefs

Cf. A070865, A284172.

Sequence in context: A191450 A257122 A249188 * A011158 A104647 A065115

Adjacent sequences: A284185 A284186 A284187 * A284189 A284190 A284191

Keyword

nonn

Author

Bob Selcoe, Mar 21 2017

Status

approved