1Math::NumSeq::GoldbachCUosuenrt(C3o)ntributed Perl DocumMeanttha:t:iNounmSeq::GoldbachCount(3)
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6 Math::NumSeq::GoldbachCount -- number of representations as sum of
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10 use Math::NumSeq::GoldbachCount;
11 my $seq = Math::NumSeq::GoldbachCount->new;
12 my ($i, $value) = $seq->next;
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15 The number of ways each i can be represented as a sum of two primes
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18 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 0, ...
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21 For example i=4 can be represented only as 2+2 so just 1 way. Or i=10
22 is 3+7 and 5+5 so 2 ways.
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24 Even Numbers
25 Option "on_values => 'even'" gives the count on just the even numbers,
26 starting i=1 for number of ways "2" can be expressed (none),
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28 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4, 4, ...
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31 Goldbach's famous conjecture is that for an even i >= 4 there's always
32 at least one P+Q=i, which would be a count here always >= 1.
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35 Odd numbers i are not particularly interesting. An odd number can only
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38 count(odd i) = 1 if i-2 prime
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42 See "FUNCTIONS" in Math::NumSeq for behaviour common to all sequence
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45 "$seq = Math::NumSeq::GoldbachCount->new ()"
46 "$seq = Math::NumSeq::GoldbachCount->new (on_values => 'even')"
47 Create and return a new sequence object.
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50 "$value = $seq->ith($i)"
51 Return the sequence value at $i, being the number of ways $i can be
52 represented as a sum of primes P+Q, or with the "on_values=>'even'"
53 option the number of ways for "2*$i".
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55 This requires checking all primes up to $i (or "2*$i") and the
56 current code has a hard limit of 2**24 in the interests of not
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59 "$bool = $seq->pred($value)"
60 Return true if $value occurs as a count. All counts 0 upwards
61 occur so this is simply integer "$value >= 0".
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64 Math::NumSeq, Math::NumSeq::Primes, Math::NumSeq::LemoineCount,
65 Math::NumSeq::PrimeFactorCount
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68 <http://user42.tuxfamily.org/math-numseq/index.html>
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71 Copyright 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019 Kevin Ryde
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73 Math-NumSeq is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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78 Math-NumSeq is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
79 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
80 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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