OFFSET
0,3
EXAMPLE
73*(2*73^2 - 1) = 777961 = 73 * 10657, which has two prime factors, so a(73) = 2.
100*(2*100^2 - 1) = 1999900 = 2^2 * 5^2 * 7 * 2857 has 6 prime factors.
MAPLE
a:= n-> numtheory[bigomega](n*(2*n^2-1)):
seq(a(n), n=0..100); # Alois P. Heinz, Mar 03 2023
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Jonathan Vos Post, May 03 2005
EXTENSIONS
a(78) corrected by Sean A. Irvine, Mar 03 2023
STATUS
approved