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A053473
a(n) is the cototient of n (A051953) iterated 5 times.
4
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 4, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 4, 0, 2, 0, 4, 0, 2, 0, 4, 0, 4, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 4, 0, 4, 0, 4, 0, 4, 0, 4, 0, 4, 0, 8, 0, 4, 0, 8, 0, 8, 0, 4, 0, 4, 0, 8, 0, 4, 0, 4, 0, 4, 0, 4, 0, 8, 0, 8, 0, 4, 1
OFFSET
1,30
COMMENTS
As iteration of A051953 progresses, more and more powers of 2 and 0 appear. The fixed point is 0. Analogous 5th iterates for A000005 or A000010 are A036453 and A049107.
It is assumed here that the value of A051953 at 0 is 0. - Antti Karttunen, Dec 22 2017
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EXAMPLE
n=50, n_1 = n - phi(n) = 50 - 20 = 30, n_2 = n_1 - Phi(n_1) = 30 - 8 = 22, n_3 = 22 - Phi(22) = 12, n_4 = n_3 - Phi(n_3) = 12 - 4 = 8, n_5 = 8 - Phi(8) = 4 so the 50th term is 4.
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := Nest[# - EulerPhi[#]&, n, 5];
Array[a, 105] (* Jean-François Alcover, Dec 26 2017 *)
PROG
(PARI)
A051953(n) = if(!n, n, (n-eulerphi(n))); \\ With modification that returns zero for zero.
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Labos Elemer, Jan 14 2000
STATUS
approved