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A110493 Largest prime p such that p^2 divides binomial(2n,n), or 0 if binomial(2n,n) is squarefree. 2
0, 0, 2, 0, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 5, 5, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 3, 2, 2, 5, 5, 7, 7, 7, 2, 2, 2, 2, 7, 7, 7, 3, 2, 2, 5, 7, 7, 7, 3, 5, 5, 3, 7, 7, 7, 5, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 3, 5, 5, 3, 7, 7, 11, 11, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 5, 5, 5, 11, 11 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,3

COMMENTS

Binomial(2n,n) is squarefree for only n=1,2,4. Sequence A059097 lists n such that a(n)=0 or 2. The plot shows the quadratic nature of this sequence for n<15000. Sequence A110494 make the quadratic behavior clearer.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Plot of A110493

EXAMPLE

a(5)=3 because binomial(10,5) = 252 = 2^2 3^2 7.

MATHEMATICA

Table[f=FactorInteger[Binomial[2n, n]]; s=Select[f, #[[2]]>1&]; If[s=={}, 0, s[[ -1, 1]]], {n, 100}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A110494 (least k such that prime(n)^2 divides binomial(2k, k)).

Sequence in context: A082785 A100949 A152164 * A118234 A152039 A180196

Adjacent sequences:  A110490 A110491 A110492 * A110494 A110495 A110496

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Jul 22 2005

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