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A022831
a(n) = c(1)p(1) + ... + c(n)p(n), where c(i) = 1 if a(i-1) <= p(i) and c(i) = -1 if a(i-1) > p(i), for i = 1,...,n (p(i) = primes).
6
2, 5, 10, 3, 14, 1, 18, 37, 14, 43, 12, 49, 8, 51, 4, 57, 116, 55, 122, 51, 124, 45, 128, 39, 136, 35, 138, 31, 140, 27, 154, 23, 160, 21, 170, 19, 176, 13, 180, 7, 186, 5, 196, 3, 200, 1, 212, 435, 208, 437, 204, 443, 202, 453, 196, 459, 190, 461, 184
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
a(n) <= 2*prime(n). Conjecture: every number occurs in the sequence at most finitely many times. - Thomas Ordowski, Dec 03 2016
EXAMPLE
a(1)=2, a(2)=2+3=5, a(3)=5+5=10, a(4)=10-7=3, a(5)=3+11=14, a(6)=14-13=1, ...
PROG
(Haskell)
a022831 n = a022831_list !! n
a022831_list = 2 : f 2 (tail a000040_list) where
f x (p:ps) | x' > 0 = x' : f x' ps
| otherwise = xp : f xp ps where x' = x - p; xp = x + p
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 26 2012
CROSSREFS
Cf. A064365.
Sequence in context: A218336 A059955 A099796 * A064365 A177356 A078322
KEYWORD
nonn
EXTENSIONS
Name corrected by Sean A. Irvine, May 22 2019
STATUS
approved