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A085087
a(1) = 1; for n>1, a(n) = a(n-1)*n if n is prime, a(n) = a(n-1)/n if n is composite dividing a(n-1) else a(n) = a(n-1).
1
1, 2, 6, 6, 30, 5, 35, 35, 35, 35, 385, 385, 5005, 5005, 5005, 5005, 85085, 85085, 1616615, 1616615, 1616615, 1616615, 37182145, 37182145, 37182145, 37182145, 37182145, 37182145, 1078282205, 1078282205, 33426748355, 33426748355
OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
FORMULA
Let k be the number of members of A089581 that are <= n; then a(n) = A034386(n)/A099788(k). - David Wasserman, Jan 25 2005
MATHEMATICA
a = {1}; Do[AppendTo[a, If[PrimeQ[n], a[[-1]]*n, If[Divisible[a[[-1]], n], a[[-1]]/n, a[[-1]]]]], {n, 2, 32}]; a (* Ivan Neretin, May 21 2015 *)
PROG
(PARI) print1(k=1); for(n=2, 99, if(isprime(n), k*=n, if(k%n==0, k/=n)); print1(", "k)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, May 21 2015
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Amarnath Murthy and Meenakshi Srikanth (menakan_s(AT)yahoo.com), Jul 02 2003
EXTENSIONS
More terms from David Wasserman, Jan 25 2005
STATUS
approved