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Some properties of a sequence defined with the aid of prime numbers

Number Theory 2015-05-25 v2

Abstract

For every integer n1n\ge 1 let ana_n be the smallest positive integer such that n+ann+a_n is prime. We investigate the behavior of the sequence (an)n1(a_n)_{n\ge 1}, and prove asymptotic results for the sums nxan\sum_{n\le x} a_n, nx1/an\sum_{n\le x} 1/a_n and nxlogan\sum_{n\le x} \log a_n.

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@article{arxiv.1503.01086,
  title  = {Some properties of a sequence defined with the aid of prime numbers},
  author = {Brăduţ Apostol and Laurenţiu Panaitopol and Lucian Petrescu and László Tóth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.01086},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

7 pages; This research was initiated by Lauren\c{t}iu Panaitopol (1940--2008), former professor at the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Bucharest, Romania. The present paper is dedicated to his memory