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A161664 Partial sums of A049820. +0
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0, 0, 1, 2, 5, 7, 12, 16, 22, 28, 37, 43, 54, 64, 75, 86, 101, 113, 130, 144, 161, 179, 200, 216, 238, 260, 283, 305, 332, 354, 383, 409, 438, 468, 499, 526, 561, 595, 630, 662, 701, 735, 776, 814, 853, 895, 940, 978, 1024, 1068, 1115, 1161, 1212, 1258, 1309 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,4

COMMENT

The original definition was: Safe periods for the emergence of cicada species on prime number cycles.

See Table 9 in reference, page 75, which together with the chart on page 73 (see link) provide a mathematical basis for the emergence of cicada species on prime number cycles.

REFERENCES

E. Haga, Eratosthenes goes bugs! Exploring Prime Numbers, 2007, pp 71-80; first publication 1994.

LINKS

E. Haga, Prime Safe Periods

A. Baker, Are there Genuine Mathematical Explanations of Physical Phenomena?, Mind 114 (454) (2005) 223-238.

G. F. Webb, The prime number periodical Cicada problem, Discr. Cont. Dyn. Syst. 1 (3) (2001) 387

FORMULA

a(n) = A000217(n)-A006218(n).

EXAMPLE

a(8) in A000217 minus a(8) in A006218 = a(7) above (28-16=12).

Referring to the chart referenced, when nth year = 7 there are 16 x-markers.

These represent unsafe periods for cicada emergence: 28-16=12 safe periods.

The percent of safe periods for the entire 7 years is 12/28=~42.86%; for year 7 alone the calculation is 5/7 = 71.43%, a relatively good time to emerge.

CROSSREFS

A000217, A049820, A006218.

Sequence in context: A080182 A001318 A024702 this_sequence A080547 A080555 A024924

Adjacent sequences: A161661 A161662 A161663 this_sequence A161665 A161666 A161667

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Enoch Haga (Enokh(AT)comcast.net), Jun 15 2009

EXTENSIONS

Simplified definition, offset corrected and partially edited by Omar E. Pol (info(AT)polprimos.com), Jun 18 2009

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