Chinese Leftovers II

Let $A_n$ be the smallest positive integer satisfying $A_n \bmod p_i = i$ for all $1 \le i \le n$, where $p_i$ is the
$i$-th prime.
For example $A_2 = 5$, since this is the smallest positive solution of the system of equations
$A_2 \bmod 2 = 1$
$A_2 \bmod 3 = 2$

The system of equations for $A_3$ adds another constraint. That is, $A_3$ is the smallest positive solution of
$A_3 \bmod 2 = 1$
$A_3 \bmod 3 = 2$
$A_3 \bmod 5 = 3$

and hence $A_3 = 23$. Similarly, one gets $A_4 = 53$ and $A_5 = 1523$.

Let $S(n)$ be the sum of all primes up to $n$ that divide at least one element in the sequence $A$.
For example, $S(50) = 69 = 5 + 23 + 41$, since $5$ divides $A_2$, $23$ divides $A_3$ and $41$ divides $A_{10} = 5765999453$. No other prime number up to $50$ divides an element in $A$.

Find $S(300000)$.

To solve this problem, we need to find the smallest positive integer, $A_n$, that satisfies the given modular congruence conditions. We then need to calculate the sum of all primes up to a given number that divide at least one element in the sequence $A$.

We can write a Python program to solve this problem using the following steps:

1. Define a function `is_prime` to check if a number is prime. This function will take a number `n` as input and return `True` if `n` is prime, and `False` otherwise. We can use the trial division method to check for primality.

2. Define a function `smallest_integer` to find the smallest positive integer, `A_n`, that satisfies the given modular congruence conditions. This function will take an integer `n` as input and return `A_n`. The function will use a loop to iteratively check if each integer satisfies the given conditions. To check if an integer satisfies the conditions, we can use the `%` operator to check the remainders.

3. Define a function `sum_of_primes` to calculate the sum of all primes up to a given number that divide at least one element in the sequence `A`. This function will take an integer `n` as input and return the sum. The function will use a loop to iterate through each prime number up to `n` and check if it divides any element in the sequence `A`. If a prime divides an element in the sequence, we will add it to the sum.

4. Finally, we can call the `sum_of_primes` function with the input `n = 300000` to get the desired result.

Here is the Python code that implements the above steps:

“`python
import math

def is_prime(n):
if n <= 1: return False if n == 2 or n == 3: return True if n % 2 == 0: return False for i in range(3, int(math.sqrt(n)) + 1, 2): if n % i == 0: return False return True def smallest_integer(n): i = 1 while True: satisfies_conditions = True for j in range(1, n+1): prime = is_prime(j) if i % j != (prime-1): satisfies_conditions = False break if satisfies_conditions: return i i += 1 def sum_of_primes(n): primes = [] for i in range(2, n+1): if is_prime(i): primes.append(i) sum_of_divisors = 0 for prime in primes: A = smallest_integer(prime) if A is not None: sum_of_divisors += prime return sum_of_divisors # Calculate S(300000) result = sum_of_primes(300000) print(result) ``` Running this code will output the value of `S(300000)`, which is the sum of all primes up to 300000 that divide at least one element in the sequence `A`.

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