OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Every group of order p^a * q^b is solvable (Burnside, 1904). - Franz Vrabec, Sep 14 2008
Characteristic function for a(n): floor(omega(n)/2) * floor(2/omega(n)) where omega(n) is the number of distinct prime factors of n. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jan 10 2013
LINKS
T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
W. Burnside, On groups of order p^alpha q^beta, Proc. London Math. Soc. (2) 1 (1904), 388-392.
Hans Montanus and Ron Westdijk, Cellular Automation and Binomials, Green Blue Mathematics (2022), p. 90.
EXAMPLE
20 is a term because 20 = 2^2*5 with two distinct prime divisors 2, 5.
MAPLE
with(numtheory, factorset):f := proc(n) if nops(factorset(n))=2 then RETURN(n) fi; end;
MATHEMATICA
Select[Range[0, 6! ], Length[FactorInteger[ # ]]==2&] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Apr 22 2010 *)
Select[Range[120], PrimeNu[#]==2&] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jun 03 2020 *)
PROG
(Haskell)
a007774 n = a007774_list !! (n-1)
a007774_list = filter ((== 2) . a001221) [1..]
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 02 2012
(PARI) is(n)=omega(n)==2 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Apr 01 2013
(Python)
from sympy import primefactors
A007774_list = [n for n in range(1, 10**5) if len(primefactors(n)) == 2] # Chai Wah Wu, Aug 23 2021
CROSSREFS
Row 2 of A125666.
Cf. A001358 (products of two primes), A014612 (products of three primes), A014613 (products of four primes), A014614 (products of five primes), where the primes are not necessarily distinct.
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Luke Pebody (ltp1000(AT)hermes.cam.ac.uk)
EXTENSIONS
Expanded definition. - N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 22 2021
STATUS
approved