[seqfan] Re: Sum of a binary power and an odd prime power

[Charles Greathouse]

No, not consistent.  Odd multiples of p^k for p odd prime and k >= 1
give the odd numbers except for 1, so that would be something like
A035100 (apart from the first term).

Charles Greathouse
Analyst/Programmer
Case Western Reserve University

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 7:26 AM, N. J. A. Sloane <njas at research.att.com> wrote:
> Charles said:
> Would someone check sequences A115230, A115231, A115232, and A115230?
>
> Me:  One suggestion is that A115230, which presently reads
>
> %N A115230 Number of ways to write the n-th prime as a sum of a binary power and an odd prime power.
>
> should really be
>
> %N A115230 Number of ways to write the n-th prime as a sum of a power of 2 and an odd multiple of a (prime or a power of a prime).
>
> That is, number of ways to write prime(n) as 2^i + j*p^k where
> i >= 0, k >= 1, j is odd and >= 1, and p is a prime.
>
> Could you check if that is consistent with the entries?
>
> Neil
>
>
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