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A048684
Multiplicity of the maximum squarefree kernel function applied to the binomial coefficients C(n,k).
1
2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 4, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 4, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
EXAMPLE
For n = 8, 9 or 10 the spectra of squarefree maximal divisors are {1,2,14,14,70,14,14,2,1}, {1,3,6,42,42,42,42,6,3,1} and {1,10,15,30,210,42,30,15,10,1}, respectively. The maxima (70,42 and 210) occur 1, 4 or 4 times. So a(8) = 1, a(9) = 4 and a(10) = 2.
MATHEMATICA
rad[n_] := Times @@ FactorInteger[n][[;; , 1]]; a[n_] := Module[{r = rad /@ Table[Binomial[n, k], {k, 0, n}]}, Count[r, Max[r]]]; Array[a, 100] (* Amiram Eldar, Sep 17 2024 *)
PROG
(PARI) rad(n) = vecprod(factor(n)[, 1]);
a(n) = {my(r = vector(n+1, k, rad(binomial(n, k-1))), rm = vecmax(r)); #select(x -> x==rm, r); } \\ Amiram Eldar, Sep 17 2024
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved