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A081387
Number of non-unitary prime divisors of central binomial coefficient, C(2n,n) = A000984(n), i.e., number of prime factors in C(2n,n) whose exponent is greater than one.
9
0, 0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 4, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 2, 2, 2, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3
OFFSET
1,5
FORMULA
a(n) = A056170(A000984(n)) = A001221(A000984(n)) - A081386(n) = A067434(n) - A081386(n).
EXAMPLE
For n = 14: binomial(28,14) = 40116600 = 2*2*2*3*3*3*5*5*17*19*23; unitary prime divisors: {17,19,23}; non-unitary prime divisors: {2,3,5}, so a(14) = 3.
MATHEMATICA
Table[Count[Transpose[FactorInteger[Binomial[2n, n]]][[2]], _?(#>1&)], {n, 110}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 08 2012 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = {my(e = factor(binomial(2*n, n))[, 2]); sum(k = 1, #e, e[k] > 1); } \\ Amiram Eldar, Oct 05 2024
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Labos Elemer, Mar 27 2003
STATUS
approved