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A106427
Smallest number beginning with 7 and having exactly n prime divisors counted with multiplicity.
2
7, 74, 70, 708, 72, 729, 704, 7056, 768, 7776, 7168, 70656, 71680, 702464, 73728, 746496, 720896, 7225344, 786432, 7962624, 7077888, 71663616, 70778880, 700710912, 75497472, 764411904, 704643072, 7113539584, 7046430720
OFFSET
1,1
EXAMPLE
a(3) = 70 = 2*5*7.
PROG
(Python)
from itertools import count
from math import isqrt, prod
from sympy import primerange, integer_nthroot, primepi
def A106427(n):
if n == 1: return 7
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 = 7*10**l-1, 8*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