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A075227 Smallest odd prime not occurring in the numerator of the 2^n sums generated from the set 1, 1/2, 1/3,..., 1/n. +0
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3, 5, 7, 17, 37, 43, 43, 151, 151, 409, 491, 491, 491, 1087, 2011, 3709, 3709, 7417, 7417, 7417 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

The largest prime generated is given in A075226. For information about how often the numerator of these sums is prime, see A075188 and A075189.

EXAMPLE

a(3) = 7 because 7 is the smallest prime not occurring in the numerator of the sums 1+1/2 = 3/2, 1/2+1/3 = 5/6 and 1+1/2+1/3 = 11/6.

MATHEMATICA

Needs["DiscreteMath`Combinatorica`"]; maxN=20; For[lst={}; prms={}; i=0; n=1, n<=maxN, n++, While[i<2^n-1, i++; s=NthSubset[i, Range[n]]; k=Numerator[Plus@@(1/s)]; If[PrimeQ[k], AppendTo[prms, k]]]; prms=Union[prms]; j=2; While[MemberQ[prms, Prime[j]], j++ ]; AppendTo[lst, Prime[j]]]; lst

CROSSREFS

Cf. A001008, A075135, A075188, A075189, A075226.

Adjacent sequences: A075224 A075225 A075226 this_sequence A075228 A075229 A075230

Sequence in context: A016041 A140797 A038893 this_sequence A064080 A112986 A088732

KEYWORD

nice,nonn

AUTHOR

T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Sep 08 2002

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