A065890 - OEIS

A065890

Number of composites less than the n-th prime.

0, 0, 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 18, 19, 24, 27, 28, 31, 36, 41, 42, 47, 50, 51, 56, 59, 64, 71, 74, 75, 78, 79, 82, 95, 98, 103, 104, 113, 114, 119, 124, 127, 132, 137, 138, 147, 148, 151, 152, 163, 174, 177, 178, 181, 186, 187, 196, 201, 206, 211, 212, 217, 220, 221

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OFFSET

1,4

COMMENTS

First differences form A046933, which requires that for this sequence the parity of successive terms alternates.

LINKS

Harry J. Smith, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..1000

FORMULA

a(n) = A065855(A000040(n)).

a(n) = A000040(n)-n-1 = A014689(n)-1 = A014692(n)-2.

EXAMPLE

a(25) = 71 since prime(25) = 97 is the 25th prime and 96 is the 71st composite number in A002808.