S000599


Number of pairs of numbers (n,x) with 0 < x <= n such that n^8 + x^8 is prime.

1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 4, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 5, 1, 2, 1, 1, 0, 5, 1, 0, 3, 2, 0, 1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 0, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 3, 4, 5, 2, 6, 0, 1, 4, 3, 2, 3, 9, 4, 3, 7, 2, 2, 5, 4, 2, 3, 1, 7, 2, 6, 5, 5, 2, 8, 7, 4

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S000599

It appears that for n > 62, there is an x in the range [0,n] such that n^8 + x^8 is prime.

T. D. Noe, Plot of 5000 terms

T. D. Noe, Table of 5000 terms

(Mma) Table[cnt = 0; Do[If[PrimeQ[x^8 + y^8], cnt++], {y, x}]; cnt, {x, 100}]

Cf. S000587, S000597-S000602.

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T. D. Noe, Apr 24 2015

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