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A101226
Numbers formed by the fourth nesting of pi(10^n).
1
0, 2, 5, 14, 44, 165, 725, 3607, 19624, 115127, 716177, 4675144, 31743253, 222710685, 1606581461, 11868655658, 89506275569, 687275710608, 5361744667232, 42423406909091, 339921273158836, 2754682455861719, 22553369622588850, 186375668479844528
OFFSET
1,2
FORMULA
a(n) = pi(pi(pi(pi(10^n)))) where pi(x) is the number of primes <= x.
a(n) = A000720(A101225(n)). - Amiram Eldar, Jun 29 2024
EXAMPLE
a(3) = pi(pi(pi(pi(10^3)))) = 5, the third entry in the table.
MATHEMATICA
f[n_] := Nest[PrimePi, 10^n, 4]; Table[ f[n], {n, 13}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Dec 21 2004 *)
PROG
(PARI) nestpi(n, m) = { my(x, y, z); for(x=1, n, z=10^x; for(y=1, m, z=primepi(z)); print1(z", ")) } \\ try call nestpi(11, 4)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Cino Hilliard, Dec 15 2004
EXTENSIONS
a(10)-a(13) from Robert G. Wilson v, Dec 21 2004
a(14)-a(24) using Kim Walisch's primecount added by Amiram Eldar, Jun 29 2024
STATUS
approved