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A106424
Smallest number beginning with 4 and having exactly n prime divisors counted with multiplicity.
2
41, 4, 42, 40, 48, 400, 432, 4000, 4032, 40000, 4608, 4096, 41472, 40960, 49152, 409600, 442368, 4063232, 4128768, 40310784, 4718592, 4194304, 42467328, 41943040, 411041792, 419430400, 452984832, 402653184, 4076863488, 4026531840
OFFSET
1,1
EXAMPLE
a(1) = 41, a(3) = 42 = 2*3*7.
PROG
(Python)
from itertools import count
from math import isqrt, prod
from sympy import primerange, integer_nthroot, primepi
def A106424(n):
if n == 1: return 41
def g(x, a, b, c, m): yield from (((d, ) for d in enumerate(primerange(b, isqrt(x//c)+1), a)) if m==2 else (((a2, b2), )+d for a2, b2 in enumerate(primerange(b, integer_nthroot(x//c, m)[0]+1), a) for d in g(x, a2, b2, c*b2, m-1)))
def f(x): return int(sum(primepi(x//prod(c[1] for c in a))-a[-1][0] for a in g(x, 0, 1, 1, n)))
for l in count(len(str(1<<n))-1):
kmin, kmax = 4*10**l-1, 5*10**l-1
mmin, mmax = f(kmin), f(kmax)
if mmax>mmin:
while kmax-kmin > 1:
kmid = kmax+kmin>>1
mmid = f(kmid)
if mmid > mmin:
kmax, mmax = kmid, mmid
else:
kmin, mmin = kmid, mmid
return kmax # Chai Wah Wu, Sep 12 2024
KEYWORD
base,nonn
AUTHOR
Ray Chandler, May 02 2005
STATUS
approved