OFFSET
1,4
COMMENTS
Contains no ones.
We define the run-compression of a sequence to be the anti-run obtained by reducing each run of repeated parts to a single part. Alternatively, run-compression removes all parts equal to the part immediately to their left. For example, (1,1,2,2,1) has run-compression (1,2,1).
EXAMPLE
The prime factors of 96 are {2,2,2,2,2,3}, with sum 13, and we have permutations such as (2,2,2,2,3,2), with run-compression (2,3,2), with sum 7, so a(96) = 13 - 7 = 6.
MATHEMATICA
prifacs[n_]:=If[n==1, {}, Flatten[ConstantArray@@@FactorInteger[n]]];
Table[Total[prifacs[n]]-Max@@(Total[First/@Split[#]]& /@ Permutations[prifacs[n]]), {n, 100}]
CROSSREFS
Positions of first appearances are A280286.
For least instead of greatest sum of run-compression we have A280292.
Positions of zeros are A335433 (separable).
Positions of positive terms are A335448 (inseparable).
For prime indices instead of factors we have A374248.
A003242 counts run-compressed compositions, i.e., anti-runs.
A007947 (squarefree kernel) represents run-compression of multisets.
A008480 counts permutations of prime factors.
A116861 counts partitions by sum of run-compression.
A373957 gives greatest number of runs in a permutation of prime factors.
A374252 counts permutations of prime factors by number of runs.
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Gus Wiseman, Jul 10 2024
STATUS
approved