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A048669 Jacobsthal function: maximal distance between integers relatively prime to n. 10
1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 6, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 4, 2, 6, 2, 4, 3, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 2, 6, 2, 4, 3, 2, 3, 6, 2, 4, 3, 6, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 4, 3, 6, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 6, 3, 4, 3, 4, 2, 6, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 4, 2, 6, 2, 4, 5 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Differs from A070194 by 1 at the primes. - T. D. Noe, Mar 21 2007

REFERENCES

E. Jacobsthal, Uber Sequenzen ganzer Zahlen, von denen keine zu n teilerfremd ist, I, II, III. Norske Videnskabsselskab Forhdl., 33, 1960, 117-139

P. Erdos, On the integers relatively prime to n and on a number theoretic function considered by Jacobsthal. Math. Scand., 10, 1962, 163-170

H. Iwaniec, On the problem of Jacobsthal. Demo. Math., 11, 1978, 225-231

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..10000

EXAMPLE

a(6)=4 because the gap between 1 and 5, both being relatively prime to 6, is maximal and 5-1 = 4.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A048670. Essentially same as A049298. See A132468 for another version.

Cf. A070971.

Sequence in context: A122066 A053238 A058263 * A158522 A034444 A073180

Adjacent sequences:  A048666 A048667 A048668 * A048670 A048671 A048672

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,nice

AUTHOR

Jan Kristian Haugland (jankrihau(AT)hotmail.com)

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