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A070087
P(n) > P(n+1) where P(n) (A006530) is the largest prime factor of n.
15
3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 23, 26, 29, 31, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 59, 61, 62, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 74, 76, 79, 80, 83, 86, 87, 89, 94, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103, 104, 107, 109, 111, 113, 116, 118, 119, 122, 123, 124
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Erdos conjectured that this sequence has asymptotic density 1/2.
REFERENCES
H. L. Montgomery, Ten Lectures on the Interface Between Analytic Number Theory and Harmonic Analysis, Amer. Math. Soc., 1996, p. 210.
MATHEMATICA
f[n_] := FactorInteger[n][[ -1, 1]]; Select[ Range[125], f[ # ] > f[ # + 1] &]
With[{lpfn=Table[FactorInteger[n][[-1, 1]], {n, 200}]}, Flatten[ Position[ Partition[ lpfn, 2, 1], _?(#[[1]]>#[[2]]&), {1}, Heads->False]]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Sep 14 2014 *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A245644 A371168 A370811 * A343011 A100933 A325128
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, May 13 2002
STATUS
approved