[seqfan] Re: clarification

[Neil Sloane]

A002372 is defined as
Goldbach conjecture: number of decompositions of 2n into ordered sums of
two odd primes.
When n=3 we can write 6 = 3+3
n=4: 8=3+3 = 5+3, so a(4)=2
The offset is 1 and that is correct - there is no mistake

On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Jonathan Stauduhar <jstdhr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Silly question:
>
> Why is it thatA002372 <https://oeis.org/A002372> andA002375 <
> https://oeis.org/A002375> begin with an index of one, not zero? After
> all, A005843 <https://oeis.org/A005843>**defines the even numbers as
> "a(n) = 2n", and A005843(0) = 0.
>
> Jonathan
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