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A243056
If n is the i-th prime, p_i = A000040(i), then a(n) = i, otherwise the difference between the indices of the smallest and the largest prime dividing n: for n = p_i * ... * p_k, where p_i <= ... <= p_k, a(n) = (k-i); a(1) = 0 by convention.
12
0, 1, 2, 0, 3, 1, 4, 0, 0, 2, 5, 1, 6, 3, 1, 0, 7, 1, 8, 2, 2, 4, 9, 1, 0, 5, 0, 3, 10, 2, 11, 0, 3, 6, 1, 1, 12, 7, 4, 2, 13, 3, 14, 4, 1, 8, 15, 1, 0, 2, 5, 5, 16, 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 17, 2, 18, 10, 2, 0, 3, 4, 19, 6, 7, 3, 20, 1, 21, 11, 1, 7, 1, 5, 22, 2, 0, 12, 23, 3, 4, 13, 8, 4, 24, 2
OFFSET
1,3
LINKS
FORMULA
a(1) = 0, for n>1, if n = A000040(i), a(n) = i, otherwise a(n) = A061395(n) - A055396(n) = A243055(n).
PROG
(Scheme) (define (A243056 n) (if (prime? n) (A049084 n) (A243055 n)))
CROSSREFS
Useful when computing A243057 or A243059.
A025475 (prime powers that are not primes) gives the positions of zeros.
Differs from A241917 for the first time at n=18.
Sequence in context: A355525 A241917 A355526 * A338568 A279119 A249738
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Antti Karttunen, May 31 2014
STATUS
approved