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A005278 Noncototients: n such that x-phi(x)=n has no solution.
(Formerly M4688)
+0
20
10, 26, 34, 50, 52, 58, 86, 100, 116, 122, 130, 134, 146, 154, 170, 172, 186, 202, 206, 218, 222, 232, 244, 260, 266, 268, 274, 290, 292, 298, 310, 326, 340, 344, 346, 362, 366, 372, 386, 394, 404, 412, 436, 466, 470, 474, 482, 490, 518, 520 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

If the strong Goldbach conjecture (every even number>6 is the sum of at least 2 distinct primes p and q) is true, sequence contains only even values. Since p*q-phi(p*q)=p+q-1 and then every odd number can be expressed as x-phi(x). - Benoit Cloitre (benoit7848c(AT)orange.fr), Mar 03 2002

REFERENCES

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

J. Browkin and A. Schinzel, On integers not of the form n-phi(n), Colloq. Math., 68 (1995), 55-58. [Shows that this sequence is infinite. - Labos E. (labos(AT)ana.sote.hu), Dec 21 1999]

R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, B36.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..963

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Link to a section of The World of Mathematics.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A006093, A126887. Complement of A051953.

Sequence in context: A043342 A023715 A045143 this_sequence A157075 A045039 A080059

Adjacent sequences: A005275 A005276 A005277 this_sequence A005279 A005280 A005281

KEYWORD

nonn,nice

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Jud McCranie (j.mccranie(AT)comcast.net) 1/97.

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