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A002110
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Primorial numbers (first definition): product of first n primes. Sometimes written prime(n)#.
(Formerly M1691 N0668)
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1, 2, 6, 30, 210, 2310, 30030, 510510, 9699690, 223092870, 6469693230, 200560490130, 7420738134810, 304250263527210, 13082761331670030, 614889782588491410, 32589158477190044730, 1922760350154212639070, 117288381359406970983270, 7858321551080267055879090
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OFFSET
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0,2
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COMMENTS
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See A034386 for the second definition of primorial numbers: product of primes in the range 2 to n.
a(n) is the least number N with n distinct prime factors (i.e., omega(N) = n, cf. A001221). - Lekraj Beedassy, Feb 15 2002
Smallest number stroked off n times after the n-th sifting process in an Eratosthenes sieve. - Lekraj Beedassy, Mar 31 2005
Apparently each term is a new minimum for phi(x)*sigma(x)/x^2. 6/Pi^2 < sigma(x)*phi(x)/x^2 < 1 for n > 1. - Jud McCranie, Jun 11 2005
Let f be a multiplicative function with f(p) > f(p^k) > 1 (p prime, k > 1), f(p) > f(q) > 1 (p, q prime, p < q). Then the record maxima of f occur at n# for n >= 1. Similarly, if 0 < f(p) < f(p^k) < 1 (p prime, k > 1), 0 < f(p) < f(q) < 1 (p, q prime, p < q), then the record minima of f occur at n# for n >= 1. - David W. Wilson, Oct 23 2006
Wolfe and Hirshberg give ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 30030, ?, ... as a puzzle.
Records in number of distinct prime divisors. - Artur Jasinski, Apr 06 2008
Where record values occur in A001221. - Melinda Trang (mewithlinda(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 15 2010
It can be proved that there are at least T prime numbers less than N, where the recursive function T is: T = N - N*Sum_{i = 0..T(sqrt(N))} A005867(i)/A002110(i). This can show for example that at least 0.16*N numbers are primes less than N for 29^2 > N > 23^2. - Ben Paul Thurston, Aug 23 2010
The above comment from Parthasarathy Nambi follows from the observation that digit summing produces a congruent number mod 9, so the digital root of any multiple of 3 is a multiple of 3. prime(n)# is divisible by 3 for n >= 2. - Christian Schulz, Oct 30 2013
The peaks (i.e., local maximums) in a graph of the number of repetitions (i.e., the tally of values) vs. value, as generated by taking the differences of all distinct pairs of odd prime numbers within a contiguous range occur at regular periodic intervals given by the primorial numbers 6 and greater. Larger primorials yield larger (relative) peaks, however the range must be >50% larger than the primorial to be easily observed. Secondary peaks occur at intervals of those "near-primorials" divisible by 6 (e.g., 42). See A259629. Also, periodicity at intervals of 6 and 30 can be observed in the local peaks of all possible sums of two, three or more distinct odd primes within modest contiguous ranges starting from p(2) = 3. - Richard R. Forberg, Jul 01 2015
If a number k and a(n) are coprime and k < (prime(n+1))^b < a(n), where b is an integer, then k has fewer than b prime factors, counting multiplicity (i.e., bigomega(k) < b, cf. A001222). - Isaac Saffold, Dec 03 2017
If n > 0, then a(n) has 2^n unitary divisors (A034444), and a(n) is a record; i.e., if k < a(n) then k has fewer unitary divisors than a(n) has. - Clark Kimberling, Jun 26 2018
Unitary superabundant numbers: numbers k with a record value of the unitary abundancy index, A034448(k)/k > A034448(m)/m for all m < k. - Amiram Eldar, Apr 20 2019
Psi(n)/n is a new maximum for each primorial (psi = A001615) [proof in link: Patrick Sole and Michel Planat, proposition 1 page 2]; compare with comment 2004: Phi(n)/n is a new minimum for each primorial. - Bernard Schott, May 21 2020
The term "primorial" was coined by Harvey Dubner (1987). - Amiram Eldar, Apr 16 2021
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REFERENCES
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A. Fletcher, J. C. P. Miller, L. Rosenhead and L. J. Comrie, An Index of Mathematical Tables. Vols. 1 and 2, 2nd ed., Blackwell, Oxford and Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1962, Vol. 1, p. 50.
P. Ribenboim, The Book of Prime Number Records. Springer-Verlag, NY, 2nd ed., 1989, p. 4.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
D. Wolfe and S. Hirshberg, Underspecified puzzles, in Tribute to A Mathemagician, Peters, 2005, pp. 73-74.
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LINKS
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C. K. Caldwell, The Prime Glossary, Primorial.
G. Caveney, J.-L. Nicolas and J. Sondow, On SA, CA, and GA numbers, arXiv:1112.6010 [math.NT], 2011-2012; Ramanujan J., 29 (2012), 359-384.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Primorial.
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FORMULA
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Asymptotic expression for a(n): exp((1 + o(1)) * n * log(n)) where o(1) is the "little o" notation. - Dan Fux (dan.fux(AT)OpenGaia.com or danfux(AT)OpenGaia.com), Apr 08 2001
Binomial transform = A136104: (1, 3, 11, 55, 375, 3731, ...). Equals binomial transform of A121572: (1, 1, 3, 17, 119, 1509, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 14 2007
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EXAMPLE
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a(9) = 23# = 2*3*5*7*11*13*17*19*23 = 223092870 divides the difference 5283234035979900 in the arithmetic progression of 26 primes A204189. - Jonathan Sondow, Jan 15 2012
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MAPLE
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A002110 := n -> mul(ithprime(i), i=1..n);
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MATHEMATICA
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FoldList[Times, 1, Prime[Range[20]]]
primorial[n_] := Product[Prime[i], {i, n}]; Array[primorial, 20] (* José María Grau Ribas, Feb 15 2010 *)
Join[{1}, Denominator[Accumulate[1/Prime[Range[20]]]]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 11 2012 *)
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PROG
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(Haskell)
a002110 n = product $ take n a000040_list
a002110_list = scanl (*) 1 a000040_list
(Magma) [1] cat [&*[NthPrime(i): i in [1..n]]: n in [1..20]]; // Bruno Berselli, Oct 24 2012
(Magma) [1] cat [&*PrimesUpTo(p): p in PrimesUpTo(60)]; // Bruno Berselli, Feb 08 2015
(PARI) p=1; for (n=0, 100, if (n, p*=prime(n)); write("b002110.txt", n, " ", p) ) \\ Harry J. Smith, Nov 13 2009
(Python)
from sympy import primorial
def a(n): return 1 if n < 1 else primorial(n)
(Scheme) ; with memoization-macro definec
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CROSSREFS
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A034386 gives the second version of the primorial numbers.
Cf. A001615, A002182, A002201, A003418, A005235, A006862, A034444 (unitary divisors), A034448, A034387, A033188, A035345, A035346, A036691 (compositorial numbers), A049345 (primorial base representation), A057588, A060735 (and integer multiples), A061742 (squares), A072938, A079266, A087315, A094348, A106037, A121572, A053589, A064648, A132120, A260188.
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy,nice,core
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STATUS
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approved
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