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A339020
Largest value of (p*q mod n), for primes p and q, where p + q = n and p <= q (or 0 if no such primes exist).
0
0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 3, 3, 7, 5, 5, 0, 11, 9, 7, 11, 7, 0, 11, 15, 11, 17, 19, 0, 23, 21, 17, 0, 19, 0, 29, 27, 23, 29, 25, 0, 35, 0, 27, 35, 39, 0, 41, 39, 39, 41, 37, 0, 47, 45, 41, 0, 43, 0, 47, 51, 55, 0, 53, 0, 59, 57, 53, 59, 55, 0, 65, 0, 59, 65, 69, 0, 71, 69, 65, 71, 71, 0, 53
OFFSET
1,6
COMMENTS
a(m) = 0 for m in A014092.
EXAMPLE
a(14) = 7; There are two partitions of 14 into two primes, (3,11) and (7,7). Since (3*11 mod 14) = 5 and (7*7 mod 14) = 7, then 7 is the largest. Therefore, a(14) = 7.
MATHEMATICA
Table[If[n == 1, 0, Max[Table[(PrimePi[i] - PrimePi[i - 1]) (PrimePi[n - i] - PrimePi[n - i - 1]) Mod[i (n - i), n], {i, Floor[n/2]}]]], {n, 100}]
Table[Max[Mod[Times@@#, n]&/@Select[IntegerPartitions[n, {2}], AllTrue[#, PrimeQ]&]], {n, 80}]/.(-\[Infinity]->0) (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 24 2024 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Wesley Ivan Hurt, Nov 22 2020
STATUS
approved