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%I #11 Feb 23 2024 15:29:42
%S 2,3,4,5,6,7,9,9,10,11,13,14,14,15,17,18,19,20,21,21,22,23,25,27,26,
%T 27,28,30,31,33,33,36,34,35,37,40,38,39,41,42,43,44,46,45,46,47,49,54,
%U 50,51,52,54,55,56,57,60,58,59,61,63,62,63,65
%N Least m>n such that the number of prime factors of m and n differ at most by 1.
%C abs(A001222(a(n)) - A001222(n)) <= 1.
%H David A. Corneth, <a href="/A071191/b071191.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000</a>
%e a(11) = 13 as 11 has one prime factor (counted with multiplicity) and 13 has 1 prime factor (counted with multiplicity), 13 the smallest number m > 11 such that the number of prime factors of m and 11 differ by at most 1. - _David A. Corneth_, Feb 23 2024
%o (PARI)
%o a(n) = {
%o my(b = bigomega(n));
%o for(i = n + 1, oo,
%o if(abs(bigomega(i)-b) <= 1,
%o return(i)
%o )
%o )
%o } \\ _David A. Corneth_, Feb 23 2024
%Y Cf. A071192, A071193.
%K nonn
%O 1,1
%A _Reinhard Zumkeller_, May 15 2002