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Rowland-style prime-generating recurrence

The sequence is defined by $a(1) = 2$ and for $n \ge 2$: $a(n) = a(n-1) + \gcd(n, a(n-1))$ if $n$ is even, and $a(n) = a(n-1) + \gcd(n-2, a(n-1))$ if $n$ is odd.

References:

    A166944

    E. S. Rowland, "A natural prime-generating recurrence", J. Integer Sequences 11 (2008), Article 08.2.8.

    V. Shevelev, "An infinite set of generators of primes based on the Rowland idea and conjectures concerning twin primes", arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.4676 [math.NT], 2009.

namespace OeisA166944

Defining recurrence for $a(n)$.

def a : | 0 => 0 | 1 => 2 | n + 2 => let prev := a (n + 1) let idx := n + 2 if idx % 2 = 0 then prev + Nat.gcd idx prev else prev + Nat.gcd (idx - 2) prev

Value of the sequence a at 1.

@[category test, AMS 11] theorem a_1 : a 1 = 2 := a 1 = 2 All goals completed! 🐙

Value of the sequence a at 2.

@[category test, AMS 11] theorem a_2 : a 2 = 4 := a 2 = 4 All goals completed! 🐙

Value of the sequence a at 3.

@[category test, AMS 11] theorem a_3 : a 3 = 5 := a 3 = 5 All goals completed! 🐙

Value of the sequence a at 4.

@[category test, AMS 11] theorem a_4 : a 4 = 6 := a 4 = 6 All goals completed! 🐙

Value of the sequence a at 5.

@[category test, AMS 11] theorem a_5 : a 5 = 9 := a 5 = 9 All goals completed! 🐙

The difference sequence $d(n) = a(n) - a(n-1)$ for $n \ge 2$.

def d (n : ) : := a n - a (n - 1)

A prime $p$ is the greater of a twin prime pair if $p$ and $p - 2$ are both prime.

def IsGreaterTwinPrime (p : ) : Prop := p.Prime (p - 2).Prime

A value $R$ is a difference record if there exists $n \ge 2$ such that $d(n) = R$ and $R$ is strictly larger than all previous differences $d(k)$ for $2 \le k < n$.

def IsDifferenceRecord (R : ) : Prop := n : , 2 n d n = R k : , 2 k k < n d k < R

Conjecture: Every record of differences $a(n)-a(n-1)$ more than 5 is the greater of twin primes (A006512).

@[category research open, AMS 11] theorem conjecture (R : ) (hR : 5 < R) (hrec : IsDifferenceRecord R) : IsGreaterTwinPrime R := R:hR:5 < Rhrec:IsDifferenceRecord RIsGreaterTwinPrime R All goals completed! 🐙end OeisA166944