[seqfan] Finitude of A161620
Hans Havermann
pxp at rogers.com
Thu Dec 2 23:58:22 CET 2010
Let f (A060797) be the floor of the square root of primorial-k (k#,
A002110). The sequence f*(f+1)-k# for k=1,2,3,.. begins
{0,0,0,0,42,72,0,420,6162,15560
,-272370,1743902,14074002,77960070
,-571197768
,-569848020,32849821160,-238745336670,247830905532,-9203096199960,..}.
The zeros place primorial numbers in A161620 which, as far as I am
aware, has not been proven finite. Notwithstanding the start of this
sequence and the subsequent sign-changes, the growth of the absolute
values of its terms seems to me quite regular and seemingly
inexorable. Couldn't this be shaped into a proof of a finite number of
zeros?
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