A075573 - OEIS

A075573

a(1)=1; a(n) is the smallest positive number not occurring earlier, with different parity from a(n-1), such that sum of any subsequence of two or more consecutive terms is composite.

1, 8, 7, 18, 15, 6, 3, 36, 21, 30, 9, 16, 5, 44, 25, 24, 27, 60, 39, 42, 33, 66, 69, 26, 37, 48, 57, 12, 51, 14, 49, 84, 63, 90, 99, 120, 81, 126, 29, 4, 95, 22, 93, 102, 129, 72, 75, 132, 111, 108, 45, 96, 141, 114, 105, 150, 171, 54, 135, 168, 123, 78, 177, 144, 117

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OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

The sequence is infinite. To extend it from the first N terms, one seeks a constellation of composite numbers, of the right parity, whose span is no greater than the sum of the first N terms, S(N). There are infinitely many sequences, of consecutive composite numbers, of length S(N)+1 (indeed, any particular length); and each of those contains a sequence of length S(N) with the right parity. One of those must suffice and that puts an upper-bound on the N+1'st term. - Don Reble, Oct 02 2002

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..64.

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A309628 A303716 A309629 * A317706 A302677 A304267

Adjacent sequences: A075570 A075571 A075572 * A075574 A075575 A075576

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Amarnath Murthy, Sep 25 2002

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Don Reble, Oct 02 2002

STATUS

approved