[seqfan] Re: Computing more terms of draft sequence A343745

[Felix Fröhlich]

Thanks for all the responses. I made the definition more explicit by adding
the constraint 0 < 2k < p-1, which is what Johnson uses in the paper.

Best regards

Felix

Am Sa., 1. Mai 2021 um 05:07 Uhr schrieb D. S. McNeil <dsm054 at gmail.com>:

> I think rgvw and I took the part after "i.e." as defining what "consecutive
> irregular pair" meant:
>
>    Consecutive irregular pairs, i.e., primes p where an integer k exists
> such
>    that p divides the numerators of the Bernoulli numbers B_{2k} and
> B_{2k+2}."
>
> Since 37 is prime (even an irregular prime!) and 37 divides B_{2*555} and
> B_{2*555+2}, this seems like it would satisfy the condition as written.
>
> But this violates the additional k,p constraint that Tom Duff explained.
>
>
> Doug
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