A357636 Numbers k such that the skew-alternating sum of the partition having Heinz number k is 0.

1, 4, 9, 12, 16, 25, 30, 36, 49, 63, 64, 70, 81, 90, 100, 108, 121, 144, 154, 165, 169, 192, 196, 210, 225, 256, 273, 286, 289, 300, 324, 325, 360, 361, 400, 441, 442, 462, 480, 484, 525, 529, 550, 561, 576, 588, 595, 625, 646, 676, 700, 729, 741, 750, 784

Offset

1,2

Comments

We define the skew-alternating sum of a sequence (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, ...) to be A - B - C + D + E - F - G + ....

The Heinz number of a partition (y_1,...,y_k) is prime(y_1)*...*prime(y_k). This gives a bijective correspondence between positive integers and integer partitions.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..55.

Example

The terms together with their prime indices begin:
    1: {}
    4: {1,1}
    9: {2,2}
   12: {1,1,2}
   16: {1,1,1,1}
   25: {3,3}
   30: {1,2,3}
   36: {1,1,2,2}
   49: {4,4}
   63: {2,2,4}
   64: {1,1,1,1,1,1}
   70: {1,3,4}
   81: {2,2,2,2}
   90: {1,2,2,3}
  100: {1,1,3,3}
  108: {1,1,2,2,2}
  121: {5,5}
  144: {1,1,1,1,2,2}

Mathematica

primeMS[n_]:=If[n==1, {}, Flatten[Cases[FactorInteger[n], {p_, k_}:>Table[PrimePi[p], {k}]]]];
skats[f_]:=Sum[f[[i]]*(-1)^(1+Ceiling[(i+1)/2]), {i, Length[f]}];
Select[Range[1000], skats[Reverse[primeMS[#]]]==0&]

Crossrefs

The version for original alternating sum is A000290.

The half-alternating form is A000583, non-reverse A357631.

The version for standard compositions is A357628, non-reverse A357627.

The non-reverse version is A357632.

Positions of zeros in A357634, non-reverse A357630.

These partitions are counted by A357640, half A357639.

A056239 adds up prime indices, row sums of A112798.

A316524 gives alternating sum of prime indices, reverse A344616.

A351005 = alternately equal and unequal partitions, compositions A357643.

A351006 = alternately unequal and equal partitions, compositions A357644.

A357641 counts comps w/ half-alt sum 0, even A357642.

Cf. A003963, A035594, A053251, A055932, A357189, A357485-A357488, A357621-A357626, A357629, A357637, A357638.

Sequence in context: A320924 A357976 A330879 * A363261 A360953 A348272

Adjacent sequences: A357633 A357634 A357635 * A357637 A357638 A357639

Keyword

nonn

Author

Gus Wiseman, Oct 09 2022

Status

approved