[seqfan] Re: Numbers that can be represented as 2p + 3q, where p and q are prime

[franktaw at netscape.net]

Considering that  similar questions about numbers of the form p + q are 
still unsolved, I doubt you'll be able to solve this at this time.

Franklin T. Adams-Watters

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Greathouse <charles.greathouse at case.edu>

Almost a decade ago Randy Ekl submitted A079026, Numbers that can be
represented as 2p + 3q, where p and q are prime. Zak submitted a
b-file recently, which drew my attention to the sequence.

It seems that all numbers n > 17 with gcd(n, 6) = 1 are members of
this sequence, in which case there are x/3 + 3x/(2 log x) + O(x/log^2
x) members of this sequence up to x: the only members of this sequence
> 30 which aren't coprime to 6 are those which are 4, 6, or 9 greater
than a prime.

Any ideas on how to show that this is true?

Of course any results in this direction would imply a formula for
A219955 as well.

Charles Greathouse
Analyst/Programmer
Case Western Reserve University

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