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A355237
First occurrence of difference n between two consecutive terms of A000404. a(n) gives the lower term. The upper term is A355238.
3
17, 8, 2, 13, 20, 74, 90, 137, 377, 3050, 986, 1669, 4181, 6530, 1493, 8434, 9704, 22160, 10709, 5165, 16109, 154708, 58418, 31657, 52393, 401480, 176810, 101349, 105572, 678356, 241882, 501716, 393817, 284002, 685541, 1437353, 1751296, 3225578, 3439258, 2479594
OFFSET
1,1
FORMULA
a(n) = A355238(n) - n.
PROG
(Python)
from itertools import count
from sympy import factorint
def A355237(n):
m = 2
for k in count(2):
c = False
for p in (f:=factorint(k)):
if (q:= p & 3)==3 and f[p]&1:
break
elif q == 1:
c = True
else:
if c or f.get(2, 0)&1:
if k-m == n:
return m
m = k # Chai Wah Wu, Jul 01 2022
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Hugo Pfoertner, Jun 30 2022
STATUS
approved