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A116429
The number of n-almost primes less than or equal to 9^n, starting with a(0)=1.
8
1, 4, 26, 181, 1095, 6416, 35285, 187929, 973404, 4934952, 24628655, 121375817, 592337729, 2868086641, 13798982719, 66043675287, 314715355786, 1494166794434, 7071357084444, 33374079939405
OFFSET
0,2
MATHEMATICA
AlmostPrimePi[k_Integer, n_] := Module[{a, i}, a[0] = 1; If[k == 1, PrimePi[n], Sum[PrimePi[n/Times @@ Prime[ Array[a, k - 1]]] - a[k - 1] + 1, Evaluate[ Sequence @@ Table[{a[i], a[i - 1], PrimePi[(n/Times @@ Prime[Array[a, i - 1]])^(1/(k - i + 1))]}, {i, k - 1}]] ]]]; (* Eric W. Weisstein, Feb 07 2006 *)
Table[ AlmostPrimePi[n, 9^n], {n, 13}]
PROG
(PARI)
almost_prime_count(N, k) = if(k==1, return(primepi(N))); (f(m, p, k, j=0) = my(c=0, s=sqrtnint(N\m, k)); if(k==2, forprime(q=p, s, c += primepi(N\(m*q))-j; j += 1), forprime(q=p, s, c += f(m*q, q, k-1, j); j += 1)); c); f(1, 2, k);
a(n) = if(n == 0, 1, almost_prime_count(9^n, n)); \\ Daniel Suteu, Jul 10 2023
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 10 2006
EXTENSIONS
a(14)-a(16) from Donovan Johnson, Oct 01 2010
a(16) corrected and a(17)-a(19) from Daniel Suteu, Jul 10 2023
STATUS
approved